Met signs Russian star for five years
OperaWe hear that Peter Gelb has told the Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina that he is building operas around her for the next five years.
Aigul, 27, is a graduate of Covent Garden’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. She’s singing Carmen at the Met next week, set in an American gun factory.
Peter Gelb has a Netrebko-sized hole at the box-office that he is desperate to fill. Aigul is his temporary solution.
Interview here.
Aigul will sing further Carmens this season at Covent Garden and Glyndebourne.
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