The message reads, in part:
"Warm congratulations to you on your 85th birthday. You are an outstanding opera singer, and you have performed the range of bass parts at the Bolshoi Theatre while creating unforgettable characters such as Khan Konchak and Vladimir Galitsky from the opera Prince Igor, as well as Ivan Susanin, Boris Godunov and many others.
"I am happy to note that you are the director of the Russkaya Opera theatre which tours all over Russia.
"I wish you good health, continued creativity and all the best."