Liaisan Safargulova

Liaisan Safargulova was born in Ufa. In 2015, she graduated from the Zagir Ismagilov Ufa State Academy of Arts. In 2018, she completed an internship at the Helikon Opera Theatre under the guidance of Dmitry Bertman. The following year, she won First Prize and the Media Jury Grand Prize at the 4th International Competition for Young Opera Directors, Nano-Opera, and received an invitation to the Wexford Festival Opera in Ireland.
From 2020 to 2025, Liaisan Safargulova worked as a stage director at the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2022, she won a competition for young directors and theatre designers, earning the opportunity to participate in a new production of Giacomo Puccini’s “La Bohème” at the Helikon Opera Theatre.
In 2024, Liaisan Safargulova graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), specializing in musical theatre directing (under Yury Laptev). That same year, she staged Salavat Nizametdinov’s opera “On the Night of the Lunar Eclipse” at the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre. The production received eight nominations for the Golden Mask Russian National Theatre Award, including Best Director in Opera and Best Opera Production, and went on to win five awards. Also in 2024, Liaisan Safargulova became a laureate of the 9th Onegin National Opera Awards, receiving a special prize for this production.
In June 2025, Liaisan Safargulova was appointed Principal Stage Director of the Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theatre, where she staged Sergei Prokofiev’s opera “Betrothal in a Monastery (The Duenna)” in 2026. In November 2026, she took up the position of Principal Stage Director at the Mikhailovsky Theatre.