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The highlight and grand finale of the Festival will be the open-air concert on the Cathedral Square of the Astrakhan Kremlin with the participation of stars of the world opera stage.

The audience will be treated to a true celebration of music. On the stage will shine: the Soloist of the State Opera Berlin Anna Samuil, the French opera diva Elisabeth Vidal, and the People's Artist of Russia, soloist of Covent Garden and Metropolitan Opera Sergey Leiferkus.

This concert evening will be the debut performance of the Caspian symphony orchestra, which had been put together specially for OperaFirst 2021. A new music ensemble will be headed by the Russian conductor, people's artist of Kabardino-Balkaria Mikhail Golikov.

Caspian Fashion Week fashion show will emphasize the atmosphere of the concert evening. Designers will present their collections created especially for the Festival to the accompaniment of Maurice Ravel's famous Bolero.

The stage of the gala concert is also open for rising stars: the famous "Oriental Dance" by Sergei Rachmaninov will be performed by the young duet of Anastasia Ushakova (cello) and Ruslan Turuntaev (violin), the winner and laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Youth Competition, accompanied by the Casian Symphony orchestra.

The final chord of the gala concert will be opera hits, familiar to every music lover.

The artistic director and chief conductor of the OperaFirst Gala is maestro Mikhail Golikov.

The concert will be streamed in Russian and soon will be re-broadcast with English subtitles.

Soloists:
Elizabeth Vidal (coloratura soprano, France)
Anna Samiul (soprano, Germany)
Sergey Leiferkus (baritone, Russia/Portugal)
Anastasia Ushakova (cello, Russia)
Ruslan Turuntaev (violin, Kazakhstran)

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