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Mongolian becomes soloist of Mariinsky Theatre in Russia
Art & CultureUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Opera singer G.Ariunbaatar, the Grand Prix Winner of the 15th International Tschaikovsky Competition, has become a soloist of the State Academic Mariisnky Theatre of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The singer gave his concert at the theatre this September 27.
The Mariinsky Theatre can trace its history as far back as 1783, when a Decree on the establishment of a theatre committee “for performances and music” was published July 12 that year. The theatre was opened on Carousel Square on October 5 of 1783. The square has been given a new name “Theatre Square”.
For more than two centuries the Mariinsky Theatre has been presenting the world with a plethora of great artists, including the outstanding bass and founding father of the Russian opera performing school Osip Petrov, great singer Fyodor Chaliapin, Ivan Yershov, Medea and Nikolai Figner and Sofia Preobrazhenskaya, ballet dancers such as Mathilde Kschessinska, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Galina Ulanova, Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
