•Prize-winner at the I International Elena Obraztsova
Young Opera Singers´ Competition (St Petersburg, 1999).
•Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St Petersburg´s highest theatre
prize, for "Best opera role" as Fevronia in The Legend of the
Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia (2001).
Born in Bashkiria. Studied at the Gnesins´ Russian Academy
of Music (class of Zara Dolukhanova).Soloist with the Moscow New
Opera from 1998 – 2000, where her repertoire included Wally
(Catalani´s La Wally), Tamara (The Demon) and
Fevronia (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden
Fevronia).Made her debut at Moscow´s Bolshoi Theatre
in March 2000 as Aida (Aida). Mariinsky Theatre soloist since
2000.
Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes: Nastasia (The Enchantress),
Lisa (The Queen of Spades), Fevronia (The Legend of the Invisible
City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia), Katerina Ismailova (Lady Macbeth
of Mtsensk and Katerina Ismailova), Lady Macbeth (Macbeth),
Amelia (Un ballo in maschera), Aida (Aida), Brünnhilde
(Die
Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung), Turandot
(Turandot). Repertoire also includes: Wally (La Wally), Tamara
(The Demon) and Natasha (Rusalka).
Frequently gives concerts in St Petersburg, Moscow and throughout
Europe.In July 2001 during the Mariinsky Theatre´s tour to
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, she performed a Verdi repertoire
including the roles of Amelia (Un ballo in maschera), Aida
(Aida) and Lady Macbeth (Macbeth).In August the same
year during a tour by the Mariinsky Theatre she made her debut at
the Baden-Baden Festival as Brünnhilde (Die Walküre).Has
taken part in the Verdi Festival (Parma, Italy), performing as Amelia
in Un ballo in maschera (conducted by Valery Gergiev). In
2002 she performed as Kuma (The Enchantress) at the Lisbon
Opera (conducted by Zoltán Pescó). In 2004 in Manchester
she performed as Lisa in a concert version of The Queen of Spades with
the BBC Orchestra (conducted by Gianandrea Noseda). In October 2004
she made her Metropolitan Opera debut, performing as Brünnhilde
in Die Walküre alongside Placido Domingo as Siegmund
with Valery Gergiev conducting. She performed the same role at the
Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris) in November 2005 (conducted
by Christoph Eschenbach). In July 2005 she took part in the concert
programme of the Ravello Music Festival (Italy) under Valery Gergiev.
In London in April 2006 with the London Symphony Orchestra she performed
Shostakovich´s Fourteenth Symphony under Valery Gergiev.In
July 2006 at London´s Albert Hall and in Madrid she performed
as Brünnhilde in concert performances of Siegfried with
the Paris Symphony Orchestra under Christoph Eschenbach. |
