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Mariia Oparina

What made you decide to become a musician?
According to my mother, I began singing before I learned to speak. I’ve always wanted to be a musician — but weirdly enough, my first degree was in engineering. Intuition told me I’d never want to work in that area, so I went to music college and later to conservatory.
What happens to you when you go up on stage?
The feeling of being watched by the audience makes me focus and enjoy the music about to be born. When performing, you give a lot but you also receive just as much. I’m energized by the idea of sharing thoughts and positive emotions with my listeners.
What do you dream to perform?
While at conservatory, I got enchanted by Baroque music. It is stunningly beautiful, complex and challenging. That’s what I want to play above anything else.
What inspires you to create?
This may sound trite but I’m inspired by spring: the first flowers emerging and blooming under the bright sun. I also love sunsets. The beauty in the surrounding world inspires me.
What does musicAeterna mean to you?
To me, musicAeterna has always been a beautiful dream. I wanted to play here but I’d never thought I’d actually become part of it. I’ve had experience of working at ensembles where people treated rehearsals as a factory job: they just showed up, did the job, and left. Things are different here: people are engaged in music and art at the highest level of professionalism. Everyone here is required to intonate cleanly. This troupe is constantly moving forward, and it makes each of its members do the same.

musicAeterna choir events

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May 24, 19:00
Nizhny Novgorod | Warehouse Concert Hall
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel
Ceremony

The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, present in Moscow an updated concert version of the programme “Hændel. The Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel”. It combines fragments from English oratorios and Italian operas by Handel. An anthology of theatrical music by one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era is performed on historical instruments and in the Baroque style. The concert’s full dramaturgy adheres to the principles of the ancient extravaganza, characterized by its illusory, multifaceted nature, a constant play of scales, and focused attention to voice and space.

The soloists for this large-scale project — performed in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Perm, Thessaloniki, Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona — are young and promising singers participating in the first enrollment of the Anton Rubinstein Academy.

Performers:
artists of the Anton Rubinstein Academy
choir and orchestra musicAeterna

Music Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Assistant Conductor Evgeny Vorobyov

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May 25, 20:00
Moscow | Great Hall of the Conservatory
Hændel. A Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel
Ceremony

The musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Teodor Currentzis, present in Moscow an updated concert version of the programme “Hændel. The Dedication Ceremony to George Frideric Handel”. It combines fragments from English oratorios and Italian operas by Handel. An anthology of theatrical music by one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era is performed on historical instruments and in the Baroque style. The concert’s full dramaturgy adheres to the principles of the ancient extravaganza, characterized by its illusory, multifaceted nature, a constant play of scales, and focused attention to voice and space.

The soloists for this large-scale project — performed in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Perm, Thessaloniki, Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona — are young and promising singers participating in the first enrollment of the Anton Rubinstein Academy.

Performers:
artists of the Anton Rubinstein Academy
choir and orchestra musicAeterna

Music Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Assistant Conductor Evgeny Vorobyov

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