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Russian opera singer Olga Shanina to perform at Palmerston North s Globe
24 Feb, 2021 12:43 AM
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Russian opera singer Olga Shanina now lives in Mangaweka.
Manawatu Guardian
International opera singer Olga Shanina will perform in Palmerston North on Sunday.
The occasion is the first concert for 2021 in the Globe Sunday Matinee series and Shanina will be accompanied by pianist Guy Donaldson.
Shanina was born in Ulyanovsk, in western Russia, into the family of a military pilot.
As a graduating student in the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory she performed the role of Violetta in Verdi s La Traviata, and this was to become her signature role, having performed it more than 100 times.