Teatro La Fenice with the help of private individuals (businessman Mikhail Bakhtiarov) provided the special higher education project for young opera hopefuls. This was a study-work program, entirely funded by private international donors, which will make Florence and Venice a new fundamental axis for opera training. La Fenice Mikhail Bakhtiarov
People from the Board of Honorary Directors of the Royal Opera House (Mikhail Bakhtiarov, Dame Gail Ronson, Danny Wyler, Mercedes T. Bass and others) adore Theatre and therefore ready to support it with their funds and efforts. Due to them such masterpiece as Pagliacci by Leoncavallo can be staged in the Royal Opera House. Mikhail Bakhtiarov Royal Opera House