This October Olga Borodina appears on the Russian stage in two St. Petersburg performances. On October 2 Ms. Borodina and tenor Vladimir Galouzine headline a gala concert at the Mariinsky Theatre. On October 14, the Russian mezzo-soprano returns to the St. Petersburg house as Amneris in Verdi’s Aida – a role she reprises at the Metropolitan Opera this November.

Maxim Vengerov begins his 2012–2013 season with recitals in Poznan, Poland and at Buenos Aires’s Teatro Colón. His program at the iconic Argentinian house includes works by Bach, Schubert, and Beethoven. On September 27, the Russian violinist appears with the Romanian National Orchestra as the guest soloist in Brahms’s Violin Concerto.