tokyo with this opera, these were the days of russia, russia in japan, we opened these days with the yalantang with pletnev, before that we - i performed the role of the beloved princess in rimsky korsykov's opera kasche the immortal, also with the maestro, we were also in japan, the japanese really love russian music and... understand in time when he needs to sing what, when no need to sing and switch to another repertoire. what are your impressions of japan? cosmic, i had the feeling that this was not just a country, that this was another planet, amazing. and of course, you know, when we visit countries, it very important depends on the environment, how you are received, who invited you, what musicians you came there with or met, since it was my wonderful tour with... pletnyov with the russian national orchestra, this is one of the best orchestras in russia, professional, and excellent soloists, both russian and japanese, that is, the japanese actually sang yalanta in russian, only three soloists were russian-speaking, and there was a japanese choir, so it was such an amazing experience, a

, tokyo, these were the days of russia, russia in japan, we opened, these days were precisely the yalantameeting with pletnev, before that we, i performed the part of the princess beloved beauty in the opera by rimsky korsykov, koshche the immortal, also from the maestra, we were also in japan, the japanese really love russian music, in fact they adore pletnev. i was pleased, of course, it was a great honor to work with such a great master, when i asked, when i said, thank you very much for inviting me to iolanta, because the biggest competition is with the sopranes, there are many of them everywhere, there are a lot of sopranos in russia, i said that you could have invited any other soprano, there are a lot of them in moscow, on what mikhail pletnev told me, yes, there are a lot of sopranos, but iolanta is such a part, it is both a girl and at the same time a bright image, but it was written for a strong soprano, the sound in the image should be such a virginally beautiful angel, but at the same time very young girls are not yet cope purely physically with this part, it was written for a