Dinara Alieva
Soprano
Dinara Alieva was born in Baku and graduated from the Baku Music Academy in 2004. Her career began in The Baku Opera and Ballet Theatre, where she was a soloist from 2002 to 2005, appearing in leading roles in Verdi's Il Trovatore (Leonora), Puccini's La Boheme (Mimi), Verdi's La Traviata (Violetta), Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (Nedda). She is presently a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre, where she debuted in 2009 as Liu in Puccini's Turandot.
Alieva is a laureate of several international competitions, including Bulbul (Baku, 2005), Maria Callas (Athens, 2007), Elena Obraztsova (St. Petersburg, 2007), Francesco Vinas (Barcelona, 2010), and Placido Domingo Operalia (Filarmonica Della Scala, 2010).
Alieva performs at major opera theatres and concert halls both in Russia and abroad, and regularly collaborates with leading Russian conductors and symphony orchestras, including Vladimir Fedoseyev's Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov's Moscow Virtuosi, and Mark Gorenshtein's State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia.
She also has an enduring artistic collaboration with The Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Maestro Yuri Temirkanov. Alieva has performed many times with the orchestra in St. Petersburg, both in special programs and as part of "Christmas Meetings" and "Arts Square" festivals. In 2007 she toured Italy with the orchestra. Alieva has also performed repeatedly under the direction of Italian conductors, including Fabio Mastrangelo, Julian Corela, Giuseppe Sabatini and others.
Alieva's tours have taken her throoughout Europe and the U.S. Among others, she appeared at the Crescendo Festival gala concert at Gaveau Hall in Paris (2007) and at the Musical Olympus Festival at Carnegie Hall. At a 2009 gala-concert for Maria Callas Remembrance Day at Megaron Hall in Athens, she performed arias from La Traviata, Tosca and Pagliacci. In October of last year, Alieva toured Japan.
Alieva is a laureate of several international competitions, including Bulbul (Baku, 2005), Maria Callas (Athens, 2007), Elena Obraztsova (St. Petersburg, 2007), Francesco Vinas (Barcelona, 2010), and Placido Domingo Operalia (Filarmonica Della Scala, 2010).
Alieva performs at major opera theatres and concert halls both in Russia and abroad, and regularly collaborates with leading Russian conductors and symphony orchestras, including Vladimir Fedoseyev's Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Spivakov's Moscow Virtuosi, and Mark Gorenshtein's State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia.
She also has an enduring artistic collaboration with The Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Maestro Yuri Temirkanov. Alieva has performed many times with the orchestra in St. Petersburg, both in special programs and as part of "Christmas Meetings" and "Arts Square" festivals. In 2007 she toured Italy with the orchestra. Alieva has also performed repeatedly under the direction of Italian conductors, including Fabio Mastrangelo, Julian Corela, Giuseppe Sabatini and others.
Alieva's tours have taken her throoughout Europe and the U.S. Among others, she appeared at the Crescendo Festival gala concert at Gaveau Hall in Paris (2007) and at the Musical Olympus Festival at Carnegie Hall. At a 2009 gala-concert for Maria Callas Remembrance Day at Megaron Hall in Athens, she performed arias from La Traviata, Tosca and Pagliacci. In October of last year, Alieva toured Japan.
Performances with the RNO
April 2019
In Russia
27 Sat
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
Italian Masterpieces of Opera Choral Art
- Verdi
- Introduction from the opera Nabucco
- Choir of Jews from the opera Nabucco
- "Un patto! Un giuramento! - Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia" from the opera Ernani
- Aria of Elvira from the opera Ernani
- Choir from Act IV of the opera Lombards in the First Crusade
- Introduction from the opera Attila
- Finale of Act II of the opera Attila
- Aria from Act VI of the opera The Troubadour
- Choir of soldiers from the opera The Troubadour
- Gypsy Choir from the opera The Troubadour
- Grand Aria of Leonora with a chorus from Act II of the opera The Power of Destiny
- Finale of Act II (in the monastery) of the opera The Power of Destiny
- Choir "Ronda" from Act III of the opera Power of Destiny
- Choir "Tarantella" from Act III of the opera The Power of Destiny
- Boito
- Prologue from the opera Mephistopheles
- Verdi
- The Choir of the Expelled Scots from Act IV of the opera Macbeth
- Puccini
- Manon's scene from Act IV of the opera Manon Lesko
- Backstage Choir from Act II from the opera Chio-chio-san
- Mascany
- Christmas Carol (no.3) from the opera Rural Honor
- Leoncavallo
- "Bell" choir from the opera Pagliacci
- Verdi
- Gypsy Choir and Spanish Matador Choir from the opera Traviata
- Grand Finale from Act II of the opera Aida
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
In Russia
13 Sat
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Verdi
- Overture to the opera La forza del destino
- Puccini
- Cavaradossi's Aria ("Recondita Armonia") from Tosca
- Bizet
- Jose's Aria ("La fleur") from Carmen
- Puccini
- Intermezzo from Manon Lesco
- Pinkerton's Aria ("Addio fiorito asil") from Madama Butterfly
- Massne
- Werther's Arioso ("Pourquoi me réveiller") from Werther
- Mascagni
- Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
- Hacibeyli
- Overture from Kor Oglu
- Hacibeyli
- Kor Oglu's aria from Kor Oglu
- Amirov
- Balash's aria from Sevil
- Tchaikovsky
- Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
- German's Ariozo from The Queen of Spades
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
Azer Rzazade, Tenor
March 2017
In Russia
07 Tue
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
Dinara Alieva Music Festival
- Puccini
- Opera "Swallow" in a concert performance
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
Charles Castronovo, Tenor
Marina Zyatkova, Soprano
Andrea Giovannini, Tenor
June 2016
In Russia
01 Wed
Bolshoi Theater
Moscow
Russia
Program
Benefit Concert: Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Friends for Children
- Rimsky-Korsakov
- Procession of the Nobles from the opera Mlada
- Tchaikovsky
- The Ballad of Tomsk from the opera The Queen of Spades
- Gounod
- Faust's Aria (Salut Demure chaste et pure!) from the opera Faust
- Verdi
- Attila's aria from the opera Attila
- Bizet
- Prelude from the opera Carmen
- Gypsy song from the opera Carmen
- Verdi
- Gypsy Chorus from The Troubadour opera
- Puccini
- Intermezzo from the opera "Manon Lescaut"
- Rodolfo's aria ("Che gelida manina") and Duet of Mimi and Rodolfo ("O soave fanciulla") from the opera La Boheme
- Verdi
- Leonora's cavatina ("Tacea la notte placida") and Cabaletta from the opera Troubadour
- Prelude to the Second Act of the opera A Masked Ball
- Bellini
- Duet of Giorgio and Riccardo ("Suoni la Tromba") from the opera The Puritans (I Puritani)
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Baritone
Ildar Abdrazakov, Bass
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
Yulia Mazurova, Mezzo-soprano
Stephen Costello, Tenor
October 2015
In Russia
17 Sat
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Verdi
- La Traviata (opera in concert performance)
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
Stefano Secco, Tenor
Vasily Ladyuk, Baritone
April 2014
In Russia
21 Mon
Great Hall, Moscow Conservatory
Moscow
Russia
Program
- Offenbach
- Overture from "Orpheus in the Underworld"
- Charpentier
- Depuis le Jour, from "Louise"
- Giordano
- Intermezzo, from “Fedora”
- Massne
- Gavotte from "Manon"
- Manon's aria Adieu notre petite table, from "Manon"
- Puccini
- Intermezzo, from "Manon Lescaut"
- Cilea
- Adriana's aria, from "Adriana Lecouvreur"
- de Falla
- Spanish Dance No. 1, from "La Vida Breve"
- Moreno Torroba
- La Petenera, from "La Marchenera"
- Luna
- I Come from Spain, from "The Jewish Boy"
- Bernstein
- Mambo, from "West Side Story"
- Miller
- I Know Why (and So Do You)
- Arlen
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow
- Lehár
- Wild Roses
- Hannah's Song, from "The Merry Widow"
- Giuditta's aria, from "Giuditta"
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
Alberto Gazale, Baritone
Saimir Pirgu, Tenor
September 2010
In Russia
12 Sun
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Program
- GALA CONCERT
- Taneyev
- St. John of Damascus Cantata
- Beethoven
- Symphony No. 9
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Moscow State Academic Chamber Choir
Dinara Alieva, Soprano
Evez Bakhashali Abdullayev, Baritone