Cast of soloists of the Opera troupe of the Primorsky state theatre of Opera and ballet will be announced at the end of the current week. As have informed RIA «VladNews» in the press service of the administration of the theater, it will vocalists who will sing at the opening ceremony of the theater and the first Opera staged this year. With the expansion of the repertoire of the number of seats in the troupe will increase. Last listen to the candidates took place on Friday evening in St Petersburg. For this contest submitted applications of about 50 people, therefore, the Commission without interruption listened to the candidates for six hours. Previously listening held in Vladivostok and in Moscow. In total on competition for vacant posts of the soloists Seaside Opera claimed more than 150 people. — To listen in St. Petersburg came as skilled singers, and yesterday\’s graduates and students. One girl came specially from Ukraine. There were also many soloists of the Mariinsky Academy of young singers, which is headed by Larisa Абисаловна Gergiev, and among them we heard the phenomenal voice, said the artistic Director and chief conductor of the seaside theatre of Opera and ballet Anton Lubchenko. — Generally, I am forced to admit that St. Petersburg at this time showed himself more singing than Moscow. Some voices of those we heard amazing, fabulous! With such soloists we have all the chances to stand on one level with the best Opera theatres of the country, — noted the head. The audition took place in the State Conservatoire. N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, which gave the world musical culture names such as Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Gergiev. Competition is very warmly supported the leading pedagogues of the Conservatory, people\’s artist of the USSR Irina Bogacheva and people\’s artist of Russia Olga Kondina. Some artists were invited to take part in the Vladivostok stage of international competition of Opera singers Competizionedell\’Opera. — I was especially impressed with Alex Kostyuk. When he sang, we with colleagues felt as though we listen to the record with records of old outstanding masters of the Opera scene, said Anton Lubchenko.