The Bolshoi-trained singer is about to make her Irish debut, starring as Puccini’s character at the Grand Opera House in Belfast
Her family did not stay in Georgia. “When war came we went with my family, my mother, my brother and my grandmother, to Kazakhstan. After I had heard Leontyne Price I decided to find a vocal teacher. I went to Moscow, to the conservatory. After two years I also began to study at the young artists programme at the Bolshoi Theatre.”
Richter wrote in his diary in 1971, “There’s no question about it, from now on neither we ourselves nor any of our friends will miss any of Galya’s concerts. The Moscow public loves her for her attractive voice, the charm of her interpretations and her sheer physical beauty. I think audiences in the provinces also love and appreciate her. She very much likes to sing, even more than the works she sings.
Kasyan speaks in deep, softly grained tones, and she laughs a lot. She is definitely amused by the paradoxes her voice can create. Her low notes, she says, communicate very strongly when she performs on stage. “Sometimes mezzo-sopranos tell me: People will think that you are a mezzo-soprano and I am a soprano.”
Everything can affect the voice, she says. “I could tell you a lot of stories about it. Sometimes, before Covid, I had a lot of performances without a weekend off, without a vacation. It’s important to be able to find your energy.” She gives the Arena di Verona, the Roman amphitheatre that can seat audiences of more than 20,000 people, as an example.
Pisarenko commented on it. “She told me, it’s so strange, so interesting why you have such a big following – more than 100,000 people follow me on social media.” She’s actually being modest. She has more than 135,000 followers on Instagram.
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