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AIDA
GARIFULLINA
Debutto internazionale su Decca
per lo splendido soprano Aida Garifullina
Trionfatrice del concorso Plácido Domingo’s
Operalia 2013, la giovane star russa si è subito
imposta a livello internazionale con entusiasmanti
performance all’Opera e al Musikverein di Vienna,
al Teatro Mariinsky di San Pietroburgo, alla
Wigmore Hall di Londra
Aida appare nel film “Florence Foster Jenkins”,
la nuova pellicola con protagonisti
Meryl Streep e Hugh Grant
attualmente in programmazione.
n questo CD di debutto Aida canta celebri
arie russe d’opera oltre a “Je veux vivre”
di Gounod, la canzone tradizionale
“Alluki” in lingua tartara, per ricordare
le sue origini, e “L’aria dei campanelli”
di Delibes, brano che interpreta nel film
“Florence Foster Jenkins”.
Street date: 3 febbraio 2017
Decca CD / DIGITALE 478 8305
Tracklist
1. ‘Ah! Je veux vivre’ Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)
2. ‘Où va la jeune Indoue?’ (Aria dei campanelli) Lakmé (Delibes)
3. Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov)
4. ‘The Snow Maiden’s Aria’ The Snow Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov)
5. Serenada, Romances n. 6, Op. 63 (Tchaikovsky)
6. Lilacs (Siren), Romances n. 5, Op.21 (Rachmaninov)
7. Alluki (Trad.)
8. ‘Maria’s Lullaby’ Mazeppa (Tchaikovsky)
9. ‘Hymn to the Sun’ The Golden Cockerel (Rimsky-Korsakov)
10. ‘Tsaritsa of Shemakha’s Dance of Seduction
The Golden Cockerel (Rimsky-Korsakov)
11. ‘Zdes’ khoroso’ Romance n. 7, Op. 21 (Rachmaninov)
12. Oriental Romance (Rimsky-Korsakov)
13. Vocalise, Song n. 14, Op. 34 (Rachmaninov)
14. Cossack Lullaby (Trad.)
15. Midnight in Moscow (Soloviev-Sedoy)
ORF Radio-Synphonieorchester Wien
Cornelius Meister
One of opera’s brightest young stars, Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, is releasing her eagerly-awaited debut album
on Decca Classics on 3rd February. It follows a hugely successful year which has seen her light up the stage of the
Vienna State Opera, perform for millions at the Bastille Day Concert in Paris, tour the US with Andrea Bocelli and
even appear on the big screen opposite Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in the acclaimed film, Florence Foster Jenkins.
Aida’s self-titled album, which was recorded in Vienna with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and
conductor Cornelius Meister, reflects her life and musical tastes as well as her Tatar ancestry. It showcases her
stunning voice with works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as folk tunes and some of
her personal favourite songs.
Aida opens the album with two of her signature arias: Gounod’s ‘Je veux vivre’ from Roméo et Juliette, which she
performed to rave reviews at the Vienna and Dresden Opera Balls, and Delibes’ ‘Bell Song’, which she sung in
Florence Foster Jenkins (starring as Lily Pons). “It was one of my dreams to sing this piece,” she says.
The album also features treasures of Aida’s beloved Russian opera repertoire, including ‘The Snow Maiden’s Aria’ by
Rimsky-Korsakov. She sang this piece at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition in 2013, where she was awarded
first prize – it was a milestone moment in her career. Aida comments, “It’s such an emotional piece, and I’ve been
singing it since I was a child. I think of it as my signature aria.”
Aida’s debut includes the first recording of Alluki, a hauntingly beautiful folk song which she sings in her native Tatar
language. There is also a special rendition of Midnight in Moscow (also known as Moscow Nights) in which she has
added her vocal to an instrumental version taken from the 1962 Mercury LP Balalaika Favourites – the first LP made
by a Western company in the Soviet Union. Cossack Lullaby is another Russian favourite on the album, with words by
Lermontov set to a melancholy folk tune. “I grew up in a musical family where all kinds of music was playing the
whole time,” says Aida. “It is nice to sing these lighter songs sometimes.”
Like many other opera singers, Aida is fond of popular songs and ballads, but her heart and career remain firmly
rooted in opera. “Very few people can sing opera – it is the hardest thing. You have to be healthy and resilient, full of
stamina, and ready for an immense amount of work – as well as having the vocal qualities and a good strong voice.”
AIDA GARIFULLINA
Born in 1987 in Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Aida received her first singing lessons from her mother
before studying with the renowned tenor Siegfried Jerusalem in Nuremberg and Claudia Visca in Vienna. She made
her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre in January 2013 as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, subsequently singing Adina
(L’elisir d’amore) and Gilda (Rigoletto) before starring under Valery Gergiev as Natasha in Prokofiev’s War & Peace
and as the Queen of Shemakha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel in 2014. The Prokofiev was broadcast
globally and the Financial Times hailed her as a “major new talent”.
Aida’s greatest breakthrough happened in 2013 when she won Plácido Domingo’s Operalia competition. Since then
she has gone on to perform in opera houses and concert halls around the world – from Vienna State Opera (where
she is a regular performer) and the Mariinsky Theatre to Wigmore Hall and the Vienna Musikverein. She has duetted
with some of opera’s greatest stars, including Plácido Domingo, Juan Diego Florez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and
Rolando Villazón.
As well as appearing in Stephen Frears’ film Florence Foster Jenkins, Aida has appeared on German, Austrian, French
and Russian TV many times, including televised performances at Vienna and Dresden Opera Balls, Rolando Villazón’s
Stars von Morgen on ZDF and the 2016 Bastille Day Concert in Paris at the Eiffel Tower, broadcast to millions.
Aida signed to Decca Classics in 2015 as an exclusive recording artist. She is delighted to release her debut album on
the label: “It is a huge honour for me to join this incredible family of great artists and to share with you the truly
beautiful music of my home”.
Aida will make her Opéra de Paris debut in April as the title role in a new Tcherniakov production of The Snow
Maiden, and she’ll make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2019.