 Award-Winning Opera Theatre "Helikon-Opera"
“Helikon-Opera” has deserved a convincing recognition of opera professionals, having received eight “Golden masks” in different nominations. In 2000 the theatre became the winner of the Moscow opera festival. In 2005 “Les Dialogues des Carmelites” performance won a prestigious theatre prize “Hit of the Season”, established by the Theatrical Workers Union. In 2006 the same prize was given to "Fallen from the Sky" under the motives of Prokofiev‘s "The story of a Real Man".
The troupe of “Helikon-Opera”, which consisted of seven people in the beginning, today totals more than 350 actors. It is a strong ensemble of soloists, many of which are the honoured artists of Russia, the winners of international competitions and prizes. It is also a symphonic orchestra and chorus which besides repertoire performances give concerts on the most prestigious Moscow venues. Almost all chorus actors have diplomas of conductors or chorus masters. Soloists of theatre Natalia Zagorinskaya, Larissa Kostyuk, Tatiana Kuinji, Vadim Zaplechnyj, Nikolay Dorozhkin, Igor Tarasov, Mikhail Guzhov and many others act at the most prestigious opera theatres of Europe and America.
The theatre has released several CDs and video versions of the performances, staged both in Russia and abroad.
In 2006 and 2007 "Helikon Opera" is considered to be the best chamber opera in Russia
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