15 January 2015, Thursday

On Tuesday, January 20, at 3:00PM, at the Met Opera music shop, there will be a signing session by Hibla Gerzmava: she will sign her CDs and DVDs to everyone who wishes so. In 2014, the Russian record label Melodiya released a pair of discs featuring Hibla Gerzmava: selected opera arias by European composers, accompanied by National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under Vladimir Spivakov, and vocal cycles and romances by Russian composers.

12 January 2015, Monday

Today, the world mourns the loss of Elena Obraztsova (1939 — 2015), one of the greatest opera singers of all time. Hibla Gerzmava expresses her condolences and dedicates her tonight’s performance of Jacques Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Metropolitan Opera, New York to the memory of the great singer and actress. It was Elena Obraztsova who handed the Grand Prix of the 10th International Tchaikovsky Competition to Hibla Gerzmava in 1994 thus marking the start of her professional career. Elena Obraztsova’s death is a devastating loss for the musical world.

11 January 2015, Sunday

Tomorrow night in New York, at the Metropolitan Opera, opens a series of performances of Jacques Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann, production by Bartlett Sher. Hibla Gerzmava will sing the role of Antonia and will play the role of actress Stella. She will share the stage with tenor Vittorio Grigolo (Hoffmann), mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey (Nicklauss), baritone Thomas Hampson (Four Villains) et al. Yves Abel conducts. Further performances will take place on January 16, 22, 27, 31, and February 5.