Talented singer, reliable friend, responsive deputy and beautiful woman- all these epithets refer to the outstanding daughter Buryat people, one of the first professional singers of Buryatia Klavdia Ivanovna Gomboeva-Yazykova. The descendant of the Trunev family, famous in Verkhneudinsk, whose way to musical life opened it myself Bau Yampilov, in May 2015 it would have turned exactly one hundred years old, reports UlanMedia news agency.

Claudia Ivanovna Gomboeva-Yazykova was born on May 9, 1915 in Khorinsk into a family Yazykov Ivan Alexandrovich. Mother future singer Agnia Gavrilovna belonged to ancient family Trunev. The Yazykov family constantly arranged musical evenings, where Russian, Ukrainian, and also Buryat songs were performed folk songs. Claudia Ivanovna's father played the violin, her mother played the guitar, brother Kesha played the balalaika, brother Pavel wrote songs.

The aspiring singer was the leader of drama and choral clubs, studied in folk orchestra, worked as a librarian. The fate of a young girl was determined when famous composer Bau Yampilov invited her to study at the theater music school.

After discussing her prospects at the family council, Claudia decided to go to Ulan-Ude. At the entrance exam, the girl brilliantly performed the song “Why did I recognize you, my dear?” and the Ukrainian "Oh, don't worry about my little lady."

Klavdiya Yazykova-Gomboeva is one of the first professional singers of Buryatia. Photo by: From the personal archive of Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva

In 1940, Klavdiya Gomboeva-Yazykova became a participant in the First Decade of Buryat Art in Moscow. The performances of our Buryat artists created a real sensation in the capital, since the art had a synthetic character and the artists revealed themselves in many ways.

In Moscow, Klavdia Ivanovna had the opportunity to communicate closely with many famous cultural and political figures. I had a chance to talk with Joseph Stalin, Klimentiy Voroshilov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Mikhail Kalinin.

Having returned from Moscow after a decade of performances, Klavdiya Gomboeva-Yazykova confidently occupies a leading solo place on the theater stage, performing leading roles with Vladimir Manketov- performer leading role in the film "The Herder's Song".

Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva in Alexander Dargomyzhsky's opera "Rusalka". Photo by: From the personal archive of Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva

Claudia Ivanovna became the first performer of the role of Tatiana in Pyotr Tchaikovsky's opera "Eugene Onegin", for which she was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

Afterwards she had the opportunity to perform the famous and musically very serious roles of Aryun-Gokhon in the first national Buryat opera of the Sverdlovsk composer Markian Frolov “Enkhe Bulat-Bator”, Margarita in “Faust” by Charles Gounod, Natasha in Alexander Dargomyzhsky’s opera “Rusalka”, Chio- Cio-San in the opera of the same name by Giacomo Puccini and many other leading roles.

Klavdiya Yazykova-Gomboeva on stage. Photo by: From the personal archive of Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva

The press wrote a lot about Claudia Gomboeva-Yazykova, critics spoke positively about her great talent and creative range. Musicologists noted her scenic beauty, sonorous beautiful voice, warm and expressive timbre lyric soprano, as well as great musical talent and acting skills.

Klavdiya Yazykova-Gomboeva is one of the first professional singers of Buryatia. Photo by: From the personal archive of Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva

Claudia Gomboeva-Yazykova’s career continued to develop rapidly against the backdrop of the difficult events of difficult wartime.

During the war years, Klavdiya Gomboeva-Yazykova performed in hospitals in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk and Chita. The singer's concert repertoire was extensive. She easily performed romances, the most complex opera arias, Russian folk songs.

The singer celebrated Victory Day on the First Far Eastern Front.

Klavdiya Yazykova-Gomboeva - performer of the role of Sofia in Stanislav Moniuszko's opera "Pebble". Photo by: From the personal archive of Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva

At the end of the war, Claudia becomes a student at the Moscow Conservatory. In the same period, Klavdiya Gomboeva-Yazykova was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Council of the second convocation of the USSR. At the beginning of 1946, fellow villagers, collective farmers of the collective farm named after. Stalin, nominated her as a candidate for deputy of the Council of Nationalities. A letter of nomination for candidates was published in the newspaper "Buryat-Mongolskaya Pravda" on January 20, 1946.

After the war, in 1948, Klavdiya Gomboeva-Yazykova received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and then became a holder of the Order of the Badge of Honor.

Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva - performer of the role of Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's opera "Eugene Onegin". Photo by: From the personal archive of Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva

Throughout her life, she sang more than 30 major roles, devoted 28 years to work in Buryat State Theater opera and ballet, taught at the Tchaikovsky Music School for 18 years. The singer left the stage in 1965, singing for the last time the role of Marguerite in Charles Gounod's opera Faust.

According to musicologist, Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Oleg Kunitsyn, "...to the singer's voice - lyric soprano with a large range and freely taken “tops” - a wide cantilena, coloratura passages, and complex recitatives were equally accessible. A lucky feature of K. Gomboeva-Yazykova’s voice was its soft and warm coloring - for all its sonority, the singer’s voice was devoid (even in the upper register) of a cold “glassy” shrillness. The singer sang musically, evenly, with the right sense of rhythm and tempo. Stage behavior The artist was distinguished by simplicity, naturalness, clarity of concept" (quote - according to the website of the Ministry of Culture of Buryatia).

Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva is an outstanding daughter of the Buryat people. Photo by: From the personal archive of Claudia Yazykova-Gomboeva

Contemporaries of Klavdia Gomboeva-Yazykova spoke of her not only as a talented singer, a beautiful, outstanding woman, but also as a reliable friend, an efficient colleague, an excellent teacher, a deputy responsive to the needs of workers and simply a kind person. And the singer’s close relatives - children, grandchildren - will forever remember Claudia Ivanovna as a loving, caring mother and grandmother.

Olga Levina, the granddaughter of Claudia Gomboeva-Yazykova, recalls: “Thanks to my grandmother, there was always music in the house, family concert evenings were held, in which other guests and opera performers participated. My father accompanied the piano, and my grandmother sang romances and opera parts. Students of the music school named after P. I. Tchaikovsky also visited our apartment; Klavdia Ivanovna studied with them, taught the basics of opera, and shared her skills. I remember the singing of my grandmother’s student. Elena Sharaeva, who became one of the leading soloists of the Opera and Ballet Theater. I myself also wanted to become a musician-accompanist, I graduated from a special music school in piano class. However, now I am engaged in linguistics, work as a teacher at a university, and also work at Radio Siberia - Baikal as a program director and broadcast presenter. Claudia Ivanovna’s voice for me is a source of pride and inspiration."

Of the seven meetings of the Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov in Ulan-Ude, there was one that was not advertised by anyone, was not included in the visit program and was held by the leader of A Just Russia away from prying eyes - in the Buryat cemetery, where in the spring of 2005 a young beautiful woman, honored Russian artist, soloist Buryat Theater opera and ballet Elena Sharaeva. Sergei Mironov laid a bouquet of burgundy roses on the grave of Elena Sharaeva and, according to eyewitnesses, instructed his assistants to put the monument, whose sign had been unscrewed, in order. The Speaker of the Federation Council, bowing his head, stood silently for several long minutes. The few companions patiently waited for the unexpectedly frozen and always so active and energetic Sergei Mironov. But no one dared to ask the third person in the state what connected him with the Buryat opera diva... Sergei Mironov was a passionate admirer of the talent of Elena Sharaeva - one of the most prominent representatives of world opera art of the late last - early this century. He did not miss the opportunity to attend her concerts when she toured in western Russia. Once he helped Elena Gomboevna publish her solo album, taking on all the material expenses - about 20 thousand dollars - on himself. Now you can’t even ask what attracted the opera singer to the young political force - the “Russian Party of Life”, which Elena Sharaeva was one of the first to join. Its leader is the charismatic Sergei Mironov, a former geologist who managed to achieve incredible heights in life? Is it the name of the party itself? But one thing is obvious: Elena Sharaeva, according to reviews from relatives and friends, loved the strong and bright personalities. She loved life itself as only people who are able to give themselves to others can love it... “Life is so interesting and bizarre that you don’t know what to expect from it at the next moment, what will happen around the next turn,” Elena Sharaeva said in one of his rare interviews a year before his death. - Probably, someday I will meet the person of my dreams... Honestly, I can’t say that I suffer from loneliness: work, creativity, home, and now social affairs completely absorb my time. Death took away her time without a trace. As the newspaper “Culture” wrote in May 2005, “the stage biography of Elena Gomboevna Sharaeva was cut short at takeoff creative forces and opportunities." People like Elena Sharaeva should not leave prematurely. For they leave orphans those who trust in them. By leaving, they make life itself an orphan... Stanislav Beloborodov. Help "MK" The owner of a wonderful dramatic soprano with inimitable stage abilities, Elena Sharaeva came to the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in 1989 - immediately after successfully graduating from the Leningrad State Conservatory. N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. During her 16-year singing career, she presented the audience with a whole gallery of classical opera roles: Tatiana in “Eugene Onegin”, Lisa in “The Queen of Spades”, Nedda in “Pagliacci”, Yaroslavna in “Prince Igor”, Margarita in “Faust” and many others. other. Elena Sharaeva was awarded a special prize at the First International Competition of Young Vocalists in Perm, and in 1995 she became a laureate of the XVI International Vocal Competition named after. M. Glinka. The singer represented the Russian vocal art on tour in Holland, Japan, South Korea, France, Austria and the USA. MK IN BURYATIA

06/13/2017 To the 55th anniversary of Elena Sharaeva

To the 55th anniversary of Elena Sharaeva

Unity of talent and beauty

Elena Sharaeva – recognized opera singer, owner of a unique soprano, naturally endowed with excellent stage abilities, People's Artist Republic of Buryatia, Honored Artist Russian Federation, was the leading soloist of the Buryat State academic theater opera and ballet.

Elena Gomboevna Sharaeva was born on June 28, 1962 in the village of Galbay in the family of Gombo Tsydypovich and Rinchin Dorzhievna Sharaev. Elena's natural musical talents manifested themselves in early childhood When she was not yet able to speak, she hummed the melodies of Buryat songs.

After graduating from the Galbai and Toltoi schools, Elena entered the Ulan-Ude Music School in the class of the Honored Artist of Russia Claudia Ivanovna Gomboeva - Yazykova. Then there were years of study at the Leningrad Conservatory named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, where she studied under the guidance of Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Iraida Pavlovna Levando. The talented, gifted young singer Elena Sharaeva, while a student at the conservatory, sang the role of Domna Saburova in Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tsar’s Bride”, her thesis was the role of Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin”.

In 1989, having successfully graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory, Elena Sharaeva joined the professional troupe of the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. The young singer’s repertoire immediately included the leading roles of the classical opera repertoire: Tatiana from Eugene Onegin, Lisa from Queen of Spades» P. Tchaikovsky; Saffy from “The Gypsy Baron” by I. Strauss; Nedda from “Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo; Leonora from “Il Trovatore” by G. Verdi; Yaroslavna from “Prince Igor” by A. Borodin, Tosca from Puccini’s opera of the same name; Margarita from “Faust” by Charles Gounod, Zemfira from “Aleko” by S. Rachmaninov, Rosalind from “ bat"I. Strauss, Silva from the operetta by I. Kalman, Volkhov from “Sadko” by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, etc.

In 1993 Elena Sharaeva was a participant in the first international competition of young vocalists in Perm, where she was awarded a special prize named after Olga Borodina. In the same year, she was invited to master classes by People's Artist of the USSR Irina Arkhipova.

In 1995 Elena Sharaeva becomes a laureate of the ΧVΙ International Glinka Vocal Competition in Ufa. In the most difficult competitive program, in the last round, out of 131 participants, fifteen remained. Among them were three Buryat singers - Shagdar Zonduev, Nikolai Sibiryakov and Elena Sharaeva. The jury of the competition included People's Artists of the USSR Irina Arkhipova, Maria Bieshu, Ivan Petrov and other famous vocalists. Elena sang Tamara's arias from Rubinstein's "Demon" and Verdi's Aida. Although it was not customary to applaud at competitions, the hall exploded with thunderous applause, and Elena had to bow several times. Irina Arkhipova described Elena as “a beautiful woman with a luxurious voice, a real wondrous rose that bloomed in the middle of autumn on the Ufa stage.”

Much for creative development The singer was made by People's Artist of Russia Darima Lkhasaranovna Linhovoin, who helped prepare Elena's performances at competitions in Russia and on the international stage. Together with Darima Linhovoin, Elena Sharaeva traveled to Austria and Holland, France and Japan, South Korea and the USA.

Wherever Elena Sharaeva performed, the audience was delighted with the singing of the talented singer. She brilliantly coped with the most difficult opera roles. Performances of our opera singers in Barnaul in 2002. captivated the audience special attention attracted Elena Sharaeva. The newspapers wrote: “Don’t miss Elena Sharaeva.”

The artistic director of the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theater Vladimir Rylov, speaking on Buryat radio, said that “Today, from the group of dramatic sopranos, the wonderful singer Elena Sharaeva came to the fore, who truly sang, gained experience, and came to the peak of her life, both in life and physically. and creative talent."

Elena’s mother, Rinchin Dorzheevna, a veteran of the rear and labor, awarded the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War” Patriotic War 1941-1945”, medals of “Maternal Glory” 1st and 2nd degree, now lives in Ulan-Ude with her daughter Zina, who works at a forestry college. Zinaida Gomboevna, a cultural specialist, creator of an ensemble of scimitarists in the village of Galbay, worked creatively for many years in amateur artistic activities of the school, village, district and republic. Was an active participant folklore ensemble"Hengerge". Sister Valentina, an estimate engineer by profession, worked in Magadan, and now works in Ulan-Ude.

Son Tsyren works in the north.

Our national treasure is the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theater named after G. Tsydynzhapov, where E. Sharaeva worked fruitfully and left her unsurpassed talent. This December will celebrate its 75th anniversary. In the development and history of Buryat musical art she made her own contribution. For her outstanding achievements in art, E. Sharaeva was awarded state awards, she was awarded the titles “Honored Artist of Buryatia” (1995), “People’s Artist of Buryatia” (1997), “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation” (2003).

Unfortunately, the stage biography of Elena Sharaeva ended very early in 2005, at the peak of her creative powers and capabilities. In the memory of her fellow countrymen and all her grateful fans, she always remains as the brightest star of Buryat art, possessing brilliant talent, beauty, a unique voice and enormous artistic charm.

Our countrywoman, Elena Sharaeva, loved to perform the song “Duunaym Zhegүur Tunhen” to the words of Gunga Chimitov, to the music of Anatoly Andreev:

Duulgata nangin Sayaan

Duranaim munhe zhegur.

Baigalin domto arshaan

Baidalaym altan tulkhuur

Chorus: Tunkhemni, Tunkhemni

Tukhereen Buryaadaim shemeg

Ybgedei Geseray harassed

Ynetay beley.

Zeereghen Hangergamnai

Zedelme duugaa tataad.

Aglagkhan Arshaanaaraa

Ailshadaa hainaar ugtaa.

Garbalnai hongoodor yum

Gaikhaltai omog doryuun.

Baatarlig manai khubud

Basagad beligteinud.

Tunkhemni, Tunkhemni...

Erzhena Ardueva,

Photos of Buryat beauties with commentary:

"Russia is rich beautiful girls, and Buryatia is no exception. Only there the girls have their own special - almost exotic - beauty. The Republic of Buryatia is an amazing place with rich history and culture, interesting and original traditions and no less interesting natural places. The population of Buryatia is more than 970,000 people, but in this post we will talk about the female part of its population,” writes “topicstarter”.

Naturally, there was some trolling and obscene comments (inherent in this Russian entertainment resource).

In contrast to this, the ARD discussed it more substantively.

Nana Badueva: Our beauties are somewhat static, the same from year to year, and the same rating goes around the Internet, although beauty contests are held every year. Here in the Sakha Republic - every year new beauties are revealed.

Evgeny Khamaganov: Mixed in are some more photos from the conte and some staged ones. In Sakha, in my opinion, there really are more mestizo people.

NB: Undoubtedly, they are beautiful... But where are the new ones?

EX: Western Buryats are still more Caucasoid, but here, IMHO, the substrate is rather not only Russian, but also Turkic.

Medegma “Medusya” Dorzhieva.

During the conversation, we also remembered one famous article about Buryat beauty, which at one time caused a lot of responses.

About ten years ago, the current editor of the Buryaad Unen publishing house, and then a journalist of the Buryat newspaper Inform Polis, Alexander Makhachkeev, conducted his own research on the types of Buryat women (we present the text in full here, since it was not preserved in the original source - the Inform Polis website).

By the way, our colleague recently wrote on Facebook:

“Yesterday one beautiful lady decisively declared with sadness in her eyes: “We small people and I will only marry a Buryat!” After thinking a little: “Well, maybe also a Mongol or Kalmyk.” And then she made a completely ideologically correct conclusion: “In general, so that within the borders of the empire of Genghis Khan...”.

Ethnic beauties of Buryatia

Unique types female beauty- the fruits of the mixture of races and peoples are scattered throughout the cities and towns of Buryatia
As a rule, local men notice this familiar ethnographic feature only at the level of a reflex and leave the right to generalizations to the guests of the republic. "What are your beautiful faces! Portraits of you need to be painted and admired,” said the blue-eyed lead singer of the duet “Nepara” during last year’s tour in Ulan-Ude. Hennig Lewis of Menard, a descendant of Pushkin from Germany, who participated in the Russian-German forum held in Ulan-Ude in early June, also agrees with him. “I walked along the Square of Soviets in front of Lenin’s head and met many interesting Euro-Asian faces. Buryat women are very beautiful; it is rare to find such beautiful women as in Ulan-Ude.”

Northern type of Russian beauty

It has been preserved intact in the reserves of the family community, in villages such as Upper Sayantui or Bolshoi Kunaley. These are fair-haired, blue-eyed and vigorous, as they say, the blood and milk of a woman, with a gentle voice like a stream: “If, then, you take a flower in four quarters...”

Orochon or Tungus

Extremely rare specimens of the “taiga princess Gantimurova” - with a pale matte skin tone, with submissive and smoky eyes, like those of an important woman, can still be found in the village of Kholodnoye in Severobaikalye, in Rossoshin and Gilinda in Baunt. Now the Bauntov and North Baikal Evenks are increasingly acquiring a Caucasoid appearance, and the Barguzin and Kurumkan Evenks are becoming Buryat. Therefore, this species, poetically described by Vyacheslav Shishkov in “The Gloomy River,” is already disappearing.

Olkhonsky or Bulagatsky

Tall, most likely the result of a fish-seal diet, a slender woman with a hooked nose, splayed eyebrows, and bronze-colored skin. She looks more like an Indian squaw tidying up her wigwam. Is this why some ethnographers are inclined to consider this as irrefutable evidence of the closeness of the Buryats and Indians?

Steppe Khorin beauty

This type was clearly shown by the artist Namzhil Ochirov. He drew inspiration from his native Kizhinga. Distinctive feature steppe girls - wavy eye lines and a thin figure.
Eravna beauties differ from Khorin and Kizhinga girls - there is no single standard here at all. The Moscow highway passed through Eravna, along which people walked different nationalities. Isn’t that why fair-haired, green-eyed and chubby-cheeked Buryat girls with a special charm are not uncommon here? In addition, Eravna borders on Baunt, where in the 19th century more than 10 thousand Chinese worked in the mines, many of whom subsequently settled in the region of blue lakes and left a deep mark. But the Tungus, the indigenous inhabitants of this land, had an even stronger influence on the formation of the appearance of Eravna beauties.
In addition, a large diaspora of people from Olkhon lives here, for example, in the village of Mozhaika. Therefore, it is almost impossible to bring the local beauties to a common denominator.

Barguzin and Kurumkan beauties

Buryat girls from the Barguzin Valley are famous for their beauty. They are white-skinned and big-eyed. In the old days, when a winter road opened on Lake Baikal, matchmakers came from the Baikal region to Barguzin. A girl's beauty was valued in sacks of flour. Barguzin beauties, valued at a maximum of two bags, are still living out their days in Ust-Orda.
Kurumkan has its own type of appearance - the blood of Verkholena Buryats, Tungus, Chinese vagabonds, Jewish and Russian settlers is mixed here. The highlight of kurumkan women is their dark complexion and narrowness of face, like, for example, the artist of “Baikal” Tsypilma Ayusheeva.

Mongolian and Bukhara (Sartul) type

Business card - Kyakhta, Dzhida and Selenga. The beauties of the first type are similar in appearance to the Khalkha Mongols. The second type, Bukhara (oval face, big eyes), having its origins in Central Asia, is also found in the Sartul villages of Dzhida.

Hongodora beauties

They live in Tunka, Zakamna and Oka, they are distinguished by the sharpness of their facial features, characteristic of the mountaineers. A typical example is singer Elena Sharaeva. In the southern mountains, the Khamnigan type, close to the Manchurian (the village of Myla), and the Eastern Turkic (Soyot) type (the village of Sorok) have also been preserved.
In the Zakamna Mountains you can also find perfect examples of German Gretchens - blond Teutons, descendants of post-war exiled settlers.

Buryatia - the future Latin America?

For centuries, Buryatia has been a melting pot of nations. In connection with globalization, mixing processes are only increasing. In general, miscegenation greatly affected Tunka, Kizhinga, Khorinsk, Dzhida, Baunt and Ulan-Ude. The most famous mixed-type beauties are actress Larisa Egorova and simply beautiful Alena Albasheeva. In the future, perhaps this type will prevail among us, with variations towards Kazakh or Uzbek samples.

PS from ARD: Judging by the photographs presented and comments on “Yaplakal”, this type has already prevailed. Although at one of the beauty contests at Altargan in 2008, the organizers tried to introduce certain standards, say, a certain height of the contestants. To which a representative of one of the delegations exclaimed: “Buryat beauty is not measured in centimeters!” It’s hard to argue with - all girls have their own beauty, and guys have their own standards).

For For the emergence of true art, says L. Tolstoy, it is necessary to combine many conditions, and it is extremely rare for all these conditions to be combined, giving an outstanding result. Soil, environment, tradition, talent, hard work - fate did not deprive Elena Sharaeva of all this. Anyone who has ever heard her sing fell under the spell of her enchanting voice. But the voice is also the same brilliant creation, like a sublime poem, like an undying canvas or music.

At home, in Galbay, our houses were next door, Lena and I played together, exchanging new toys. After six years, when my mother moved to a new place of work in Tagarkhay, our paths diverged for a long time. I heard talk that Lena sings well and studies at the Ulan-Ude Music College. We met when she was studying at the Leningrad Conservatory. N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov. Back then, out of my journalistic habit, I tried to understand where a village girl got such high talent. I learned that her mother Rinchin Dorzheevna had a beautiful, strong voice of amazing timbre and wide range. Our great fellow countryman Tsyren Khoborkov, People's Artist Buryatia, offered her to study vocals and get music education. But life decreed differently: Rinchin Dorzheevna married war veteran Gombo Sydypovich Sharaev and devoted her life to raising seven children. And her voice was inherited by her daughter.

Elena was lucky with her mentors. She recalled with special gratitude her first vocal teacher, Honored Artist of Russia Klavdiya Gomboeva-Yazykova. She was a wonderful singer and an amazing woman who revealed the rare talent of her pupil and managed to open her soul to the beauty of the harmony of sounds.

In Leningrad, Elena ended up in the class of Professor I. P. Levando, Honored Artist of Russia. Iraida Pavlovna raised a whole galaxy of opera stars. When the selection committee decided by a majority vote that Elena had a mezzo-soprano voice, Iraida Pavlovna objected: “No, I will conduct her as dramatic soprano" So the talented teacher did not break the voice of the future diva of the Buryat opera, but carefully continued the work begun by her first mentor. Another important condition indicated by Tolstoy was combined - these talented teachers followed best traditions Russian classical opera art.

In 1989, Elena Sharaeva was accepted into the troupe of soloists of the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, where she was entrusted with leading roles in the classical opera repertoire. Good knowledge Buryat language helped her masterfully perform Kalmyk language the role of Aga Shavdal in the national opera by K. Chonkushev “Dzhangar”. In 1990, during the tour of our opera house in Stavropol and Elista, Kalmyks admiring her singing were ready to carry the young singer in their arms. At the First International Competition of Young Vocalists in Perm in 1993, Elena was awarded a special prize named after. Olga Borodina. In the same year, she successfully performed at the festival of opera singers in Tokyo and the famous Irina Arkhipova invited Elena Sharaeva and Tatyana Shoydagbaeva to her master class. This is how our young talented singers ended up studying with her at Bolshoi Theater. Incredible luck!

But besides luck and talent, timely support, she needed such personal qualities, like perseverance and endurance, great hard work to create vivid, memorable images on stage. Nedda in "Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo, Leonora in "Il Trovatore" by Verdi, Margarita in "Faust" by Gounod, Yaroslavna in the opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin, Lisa in "The Queen of Spades" and Tatiana in the opera "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky, Tosca from the opera of the same name Puccini, Zemfira from “Aleko” by Rachmaninov, Volkhova from “Sadko” by Rimsky-Korsakov, Saffi from “The Gypsy Baron” and Rosalind from “Die Fledermaus” by Strauss, Silva from Kalman’s operetta of the same name, Urmai Goohon from the opera “Geser” by Andreev - here is the gallery images created by her on the stage of the Buryat opera house. In addition to these diverse roles, her baggage included chamber lyrics, romances and songs by Buryat composers.
On creative path The singer had a meeting with Darima Linhovoin, a musician from God and a teacher by vocation. People's Artist of Russia, artistic director theater Darima Lhasaranovna Linhovoin helped young singers to comprehend the complex musical material, enter into the images of opera heroes, preparing them for participation in professional competitions. Together with her, Elena Sharaeva gave concerts on stages in many countries around the world: Austria, Holland, USA, France, South Korea, Japan.

In 1995, an unforgettable event occurred in her life. Of the 130 singers nominated to participate in the XVI International competition vocalists named after Glinka, Elena Sharaeva was one of 15 who was admitted to the final round. Having become a laureate of the competition, at the invitation of the chairman of the jury I.K. Arkhipova, our countrywoman sang in a gala concert on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater.

The next year, 1996, brought Elena new success- brilliant performance at the Belvedere competition in the heart of musical Europe, Vienna. Then she received an offer from an impresario Vienna Theater to participate in the production of Puccini's opera Tosca. But this was not destined to come true.

I remember our conversation on the eve of her benefit performance, which took place on April 29, 2004. We talked about her latest works. Lena told how she works on the image: she imagines the place and time of action, the customs and mores of the era, the character, the state of mind of the heroine. She then said: “I try out every image for the voice.” I imagined what a huge amount of work it would be to sculpt an image with my voice, putting a piece of my soul into it.

Then she admitted that the image of Lisa from Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades” was very dear to her, that she was sensitive to the music of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. This is understandable, because Elena Sharaeva is a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory. N. Rimsky-Korsakov, famous for its traditions and school of Russian classical opera singing. Therefore, in her repertoire a special place was given to the chamber works of these composers. Romances based on poems by Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev and other poets are the Russian musical Gospel, without which it is impossible to imagine Russia and feel its spirituality. But Russia was saved and will always be saved as long as it has spirituality.

This is how she remains in my memory - a tireless worker, very demanding of herself, full of creative ideas. The singer generously shared her gift, conquered new heights, while at the same time remaining amazingly a modest person. Like all the many fans of her talent, we were confident in her future creative victories and were looking forward to her new works. And she dreamed of singing at La Scala...
There was always a sense of alluring mystery in her - of her soul, her talent, her whole beautiful appearance. When she walked through the streets, it seemed that she carried her beauty like a torch, the light of which reflected on faces and souls with a kind, cleansing light. In her every movement, in every turn of her head, a spirit filled with beauty and love was felt. This was also a secret...

Trouble always comes unexpectedly, plunging you into despair. But human prayer cannot avert the divine will, just as fortune telling cannot change the course of the stars. On a sunny May day we spent Elena in last path. You are a winged call to the heights, you created from fire, where are you now? Blessed is your every step in a world unknown to us, walk like a goddess, scattering stars and flowers...

We will hear your enchanting voice every morning - in the singing of birds, in the breath of the wind, in the ringing of spring streams and the sound of rain. In the spring, when wild rosemary blooms in the spurs of the Sayan Mountains, in its purple sea we will hear your song about Tunka, about happiness, about love. Under the high summer sky, awake along with the moon and stars, we will see your unforgettable image in the heavens. You are always with us, beautiful soul!