Shapinskaya Ekaterina Nikolaevna,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor,
Russian State University of Physical Education,
Sport, Youth and Tourism.
e-mail: reenash@mail.ru

About art - with love. Catherine Shapinskaya talks with culture expert Irina Karakozova

Abstract. The interview raises the issues of preservation of cultural heritage, attention to those cultural texts that are undeservedly forgotten and need to be introduced into the cultural space of modernity. The article describes the work in the field of popularization of Opera art in the form of a series of books "about Opera singers with love", as well as the need to preserve the experience of the past to enrich modern culture.

Keywords. Creativity, culture, popularization, art, poetry, performers, Opera, almanac.