Last Friday, Albina was honored with Russia’s “Casta Diva” Singer of the Year award for her portrayals of Ludmila in Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila at the Bolshoi theater and the title role in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. The “Casta Diva”…

This June Russian soprano Albina Shagimuratova makes her San Francisco Opera debut in a new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. With sets designed by Japanese ceramic artist Jun Kaneko, this innovative staging showcases Albina as the Queen of the…