Label’s first mezzo-soprano signing in years ‘used to milk cows near mountains’
by Charlotte McLaughlin
Jan 26, 2024
2 minutes
An opera singer who grew up milking cows and chopping wood near the Ural Mountains has become a record label’s “first mezzo-soprano signing in over 30 years”.
Aigul Akhmetshina, from the village Kirgiz-Miyaki in Bashkortostan, was rejected in her early auditions due to her voice and appearance, according to Decca
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