Maria Kataeva

Ms. Kataeva was born in 1987 and finished her musical studies with a focus in piano in 2002.

Ms. Kataeva received first prize at the Novosibirsk Conservatory voice competition in 2006 and received first prize at the Third International competition of children’s and youthful work in Odessa, Ukraine 2006.

Ms. Kataeva recently graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia.  At the conservatory, she has performed Dunyashi “The Imperial Bride” by Rimsky-Korsakov; second witch and spirit in “Dido and Aeneas” Purcell.

Ms. Kataeva has also performed with the soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre Academia and as a soloist of the philharmonic of Pskov.  

Ms. Kataeva’s repertoire includes: Orfeo “Orfeo”, Olga “Eugene Onegin”, Dido “Dido and Aeneas”, Carmen “Carmen”, Rosina “Il barbiere di Siviglia” and Sonetka “Ekaterina Ismailova”.  Future contracts include Olga “Eugene Onegin” with Edmonton Opera.

Ms. Kataeva is a currently a young artist at Oper am Rhein.  In 2011 at Oper am Rhein, she performed Cherubino “Le nozze di Figaro”, 3^rd Lady “Die Zauberflöte”, Sister Mathilde “Dialogue of the Carmélites” and Sandmaennchen “Hansel und Gretel.”   In the 2012, Ms. Kataeva will perform the following roles with Oper am Rhein: Suivante d`Hebe “Castor et Polux”, Novize “Moerder Kaspar Brand”, Geister/ Kinderstimmen “Frau ohne Schatten”, and Beatrice “Le testament de la tante Caroline”.