One of the most interesting attempts at innovation in a classical concert is being made for Guleghina’s gala concert on July 5 at the concert hall of the Mariinsky Theatre. The programme is to be decided by popular vote. Even if you’re not going to the concert, you can visit the website www.mariinsky.ru and decide Guleghina’s fate. I say “fate”, because some of the arias on the list (which includes arias for coloratura soprano as well as mezzo soprano) are far outside her repertoire, and it will be very curious to see what she will do – and how she will do it, if the public says, for example, that they want her to sing Mimi in “La Boheme”, Violetta from “La Traviata” and Eboli from “Don Carlos”.