Another very early morning - coaching Russian lyric diction for some of Rachmaninoff's songs. With all the unspeakable tragedy that is happening right now, it was so hard for me to keep doing it. But then - a few wonderful singers reached out to me and asked for audio recordings and coaching sessions. And as soon as I sat down, opened the scores and started to sing this music and talk about it, I finally felt my motivation to keep going again - for this beauty and in the mem

#nowar #prayforpeace #stopwar Russian Government is not Russian people. Russian Government is not Russian Art. Here are just a few quotes by Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, author of such novels as "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina", with his thoughts about the phenomenon of war. “war... an event contrary to human reason and all human nature.” «War and Peace», 1863–1868 "Is it not enough space for people to live in this beautiful world, under this immeasurable starry

Love this photo from one of our Russian music concerts at the Sydney Conservatorium!!! Happy World Opera Day Everyone!!! Photo credit: Olivia Morberger #worldoperaday #operaday #operasinger #operasingerslife #operasingersoninstagram #operasingers #sopranolife #soprano #mezzosoprano #tenor #baritone #russianforsingers #russianphonetics #russian4singers #russianopera #loveopera