The message reads, in part:
"I would like to congratulate you on your 75th birthday and to wish you energy, health and all the very best on this momentous day.
Mother Nature has generously endowed you with a bright and multi-faceted talent, and above all with a unique and inimitable gift for music. A prominent and world-renowned opera singer, you have been devoting yourself to the service of art for many years, boosting the best traditions of the national performance school and passing on your wealth of experience and knowledge to the younger generation."