Opera stars tour Asia
By Laman Ismayilova
Russian opera star Anna Netrebko and Honored Artist of Azerbaijan Yusif Eyvazov will give a concert in the capital of South Korea, Seoul.
The concert will be held in Seoul Arts Center on October 9, 2017, Report.az informs.
The opera stars will also perform at the Symphony Hall in Osaka, Japan on October 12.
The concerts will be organized within the Asian-Australian tour of Netrebko and Eyvazov.
The Russian operatic soprano Anna Netrebko was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation. Time magazine placed her on its Time 100 list in 2007.
She was identified by the journal Musical America as "a genuine superstar for the 21st century" and was named 'Musician of the Year' for 2008.
This year she was named the best singer in 2017 at the International Opera Awards in London. In July 2017, Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko took the lead in the list of Russian top-earning musicians, according to Forbes Magazine.
Yusif Eyvazov received his musical education at the Baku Academy of Music. In 1997, he moved to Italy and continued his studies there. He performed as Canio in Los Angeles Opera’s production of Pagliacci conducted by Plácido Domingo, made his first appearances at the Metropolitan Opera and the Wiener Staatsoper singing Calaf in Turandot, and debuted at both the Paris Opera and at the Staatsoper Berlin as Manrico in Il Trovatore.
He was awarded the Grand Prix of the International Opera Competition in Milan in 2008. Later Elchin won the VI International Vocalists' Bulbul Award in Baku in 2012. His name is included in the book "The best tenor of the world".
Yusif Eyvazov married to Anna Netrebko in 2015.
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