Post by @meganmariehart@mastodon.social

2026-02-11 18:05 UTC

@iron_bug We never stop learning! Just today I had a coaching with a bass, he is helping me to shape my low notes. I want more colors to chose from, there’s some low stuff coming my way. As for #/opera, that could be worse, I tried a google search for Aida … the first 2 pages are all about a cruise ship! 🚢 I’m in Germany, you might get different results, idk. Where are you based, if you don’t mind telling? Maybe we have common friends, the opera world is small!

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@iron_bug@friendica.ironbug.org 2026-02-11 18:26

@meganmariehart@mastodon.social this is barely, I reside in Yekaterinburg, Russia. yeah, not the best place to live nowadays. but I was born in this city and lived here for almot all my life. my teacher was Olga Vutiras (uralopera.com/people/olga-vuti…), she is a coloratura in our theater - The Ural Opera Ballet Theater. the theater had tours over Europe in summer time every year. but now everything went bad, as you can see and musicians also suffer from this events that happen. anyway, all bad things come to an end some day and I hope for the best, that our theater wtill tour again one fine day.

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@iron_bug@friendica.ironbug.org 2026-02-11 18:44

@meganmariehart@mastodon.social the first years I took lessons from Natalya Motolygina-Ryavkina, she was a soprano for Omsk Musical Theater, then for Ural Opera Ballet. now she's not performing and works in some business, also teaching vocal, as far as I know.

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