Irina Gelachova, Mezzo-soprano soloist at the Stanislavsky Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Musical Theatre, Irina Gelahova graduated in 1989 at the Lunacharsky Moscow State Institute of Theatrical Art. The 1990s brought prizes in international competitions at Vervier and Marseille, with third prize in the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition in 1994 and a special prize at the Vienna Belvedere Competition. She has appeared in festivals at home and abroad and taken leading rГґles in opera, notably in Russian and Italian repertoire, in addition to concert performances. Her recordings include a 1997 release of ShostakovichВ’s operetta Cheremushki
