The Mariinsky Opera, formerly the Kirov, has ensured its success by showcasing highly talented singers, who regularly perform on the stages of the world's leading opera houses. Respected artists of the Russian operatic school are Irina Bogacheva, Olga Borodina, Larisa Dyadkova, Larisa Shevchenko, Vladimir Galuzin, Alexander Gergalov, Yuri Marusin, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Nikolai Putilin, Vladimir Vaneyev and Nikolai Okhotnikov. A new generation of young talented performers including Anna Netrebko, Irina Dzhoieva, Yevgeny Nikitin, Olga Trifonova, Vasily Gerello, Ildar Abdrazakov, Daniil Shtoda and Irina ataeva also delight audiences in St. Petersburg and around the world.