THE NOVAYA OPERA CHOIR
The 116-strong Novaya Opera Choir is an integral part of all of the house's performances. It is a group of like-minded professional singers with fine voices and good acting abilities. The Choir is notable for its deeply felt interpretations of the compositions they perform, sharp attention to choral harmony, subtle nuances of sounding and a superb balance of tone-colours.
Led by the brilliant choirmasters Natalya Popovich (Сhief Сhoirmaster), Victor Kuturaev, Andrey Lazarev, Marina Vasilkova, Yulia Senyukova, Igor Manko the Choir is approaching the level of the world's best opera choruses. It participates in many prestigious festivals and contests of choral singing, where it successfully represents the Russian school of singing, popularizing the rich heritage of Russian music.
As part of the Choir's professional training, it performs concert programmes consisting of Russian and foreign classical choral compositions, a cappella sacred music, large-scale cantatas and oratorios, such as Mozart's Requiem, Verdi's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Taneyev's John of Damascus, Rachmaninov's Spring and Three Russian Songs, Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, Tchaikovsky's Moscow, Orff’s Carmina Burana and Britten's War Requiem.
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