1. Aida Emilevna Garifullina is a Russian lyric soprano of Tatar descent.
14 Facts About Aida Garifullina
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Aida Garifullina was the winner of the 2013 Operalia competition and has featured in a number of productions staged at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg and the Vienna State Opera.
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Aida Garifullina was born in 1987 in a Tatar family in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.
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At the age of 18, Aida Garifullina moved to Nuremberg, Germany to study music.
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Two years later Aida Garifullina made her debut as Despina in the university production of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte.
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Aida Garifullina later added to her repertoire the roles of Gilda and Adina.
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Aida Garifullina performed at the closing ceremony of "Cultural Universiade" with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra.
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Aida Garifullina's career received a significant boost when she won first prize in Operalia 2013.
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Aida Garifullina portrayed the French-American soprano star Lily Pons and performed "The Bell Song" from Delibes' opera Lakme in a downward-transposed key in the 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins.
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On 13 June 2018, Aida Garifullina performed at the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening gala concert held at the Red Square in Moscow.
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Aida Garifullina performed with Anna Netrebko, Juan Diego Florez and Placido Domingo and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev.
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On 14 June, Aida Garifullina performed at the 2018 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
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Aida Garifullina performed a duet of "Angels" with English pop singer Robbie Williams.
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Aida Garifullina is known to have dated tennis player Marat Safin for a year or two from 2016 to 2017.