Olga Savova

“Olga Savova’s sumptuous-voiced, flirtatious Blanche was a classic performance.” 
David Shengold, Opera News, June 2008 (review of the Metropolitan Opera “Gambler”)

Grammy nominee for Semyo Kotko in 2002, dramatic mezzo-soprano Olga Savova has emerged as a star of the Mariinsky Theatre in recent years.  Shortly after she graduated with honors from the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia, Ms. Savova won a top prize in the Voci Verdiani International Voice Competition and was invited to become a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in 1996.

Ms. Savova has toured with the Mariinsky Theatre in Covent Garden, La Scala, Baden-Baden, Korea, Japan and the Metropolitan Opera. Further, Ms. Savova has taken part in the Moscow Easter Festival, as well as festivals in Mikkeli, Finland and Rotterdam, Netherlands. She has given solo recitals in Paris, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Russia, the USA, Japan, China and Israel. 

In 2004, Ms. Savova took part in the European premiere of the Mariinsky Theatre´s production of Wagner´s Der Ring des Nibelungen (Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany). The production was acclaimed by the German media as a truly historical event in music.  Ms. Savova sings Brunhilde in Mariinsky Theatre Ring tours 2005 in Japan, Belgium, England, Korea, Switzerland and in Orange County, CA October 2006.

On October 22, 2005, Ms. Savova sang Brunhilde opposite Placido Domingo (Siegmund) in a concert version of “Die Walküre” at Teatr Wielki Warsaw, Poland.

Ms. Savova has been praised for her performances of Amneris (Aida), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Eboli (Don Carlos) and as Carmen. In Europe, Ms. Savova is regularly invited to sing lead roles from the Russian repertoire including Boris Godunov, Khovanshcina, Eugene Onegin, the Enchantress, Snow Maiden, Queen of Spades, War and Peace and  Gambler. Other roles performed with Maestro Valery Gergiev include the Nurse Frau ohne Schatten, Brangäne Tristan und Isolde, Wellgunde Das Rheingold, Waltraute Die Götterdämmerung, and Clytemnestra Elektra.

In March 2006 Ms. Savova sang Luybov in Mazeppa at the Metropolitan Opera with Maestro Valery Gergiev.  In October 2006, Ms. Savova sang Laura “La Gioconda” at the Metropolitan Opera.  On July 17, 2007, Ms. Savova sang Brunhilde “Die Walküre” at the Metropolitan Opera with the Mariinsky Theatre.

In 2007 Ms. Savova performed Amneris “Aida” Dortmund ; Les Noces by Stravinsky  with London Symphony Orchestra; Boris Godunov at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, conducted by Maestro Esa Pekka-Salonen; “The Gambler”, Vienna with Maestro Gergiev; “Snow Maiden” at Carnegie Hall. In 2008, Ms. Savova sang Blanche “The Gambler” with the Metropolitan Opera and Clytemnestra “Elektra” at Baden-Baden Festspeilhaus with Maestro Valery Gergiev.  In 2009, Ms. Savova sang Azucena “Il Trovatore” at Minnesota Opera and concert performances of “Elektra” Clytemnestra with the Mariinsky Theatre in Edinburg, Scotland, and Khovantschina in Berlin.

Recent engagements include, the Hostess “Boris Godunov” at the Metropolitan Opera 2010-201, Blanche “Gambler” at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona and Les Noces at the New York Philharmonic, April 2010.

At the beginning of December 2011, Ms. Savova recorded Die Amme “Die Frau ohne Schatten” with Maestro Valery Gergiev.  This DVD recording will be released in 2012.  Future engagements include Larina “Eugene Onegin” with Edmonton Opera.