BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

07/11/2008

Belarus: Koldun stars in Moscow rock opera

Dmitry aka Dima Koldun, who represented Belarus at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, stars in the leading role of a rock opera "Star and Death of Hoakin Mureta" in Moscow. Today, the young star will also be opening the show at the Scorpions Humanity World Tour concert at the Sports Palace in Minsk.

Rehearsals are in progress and the premiere is scheduled 27-30th of November at the Rubnikov theater in Moscow. Koldun will play play the role of legendary robber, Hoakin Mureta ,in the new version of the rock opera composed by A.Rybnikov. Not a long, but a very demanding role for Dima who was offered the part back in spring but had to decline due to his heavy tour schedule. He was finally persuaded to audition and got the role by beating other popular stars such as Alexander Marshal and Sergey Lazarev.

At the moment, Koldun is busy shooting the video for the main theme of the opera. You can listen to some songs and buy tickets online by visiting the official website of the project by clicking here.

Meanwhile, Koldun is ready to open the Scorpions concert that will take place in Minsk, on November 7th. Koldun first met with the legendary band during his participation in the Russian Pop Idol (Fabrika Zvezda).

Source:

http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12481

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