Elena Semenova
soprano

Elena Semenova was born in Magnitogorsk. She studied playing the piano at a music school and music college. In 1995 she entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory where she studied singing with Prof. Maslennikova. After graduation, she began post-graduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory.
In 2000 she won the First Prize of the First International Elena Obraztsova Vocal Contest and became the Grand Prix winner of the Russian National Competition “Bella Voce.”

Since 1998 Ms. Semenova has been a principal with the Helikon Opera Company (chief director Dmitry Bertman) and performs the following roles there: Michaela “Carmen”, Antonia “Les Contes d’Hoffmann”, Alice
“Falstaff”, Marfa “The Tsar’s Bride”, Tatiana “Eugene Onegin”, Blanche “Les Dialogues des Carmelites”, Mermaid “Mermaid” by Dvorack, Servilia “La clemenza di Tito”, Mimi “La Boheme”, Traviata “La Traviata”, Iolanta “Iolanta”, Donna Anna “Don Giovanni”.
In 2005 Ms. Semenova covered the role of Natasha Rostova (War and Peace) and made her successful debut as Musetta in “La Boheme” with Opera de Paris.

She also won a prize of the Belvedere Competition in Vienna (where she also received some special prizes, including the prize of ‘mass-media’ and the prize for the ‘best stage presence’).

In 2006 she performed the title role in Martinu’s “Juliette” for the Opera de Paris and concerts in China with orchestra BBC (chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek).
In 2007, she Ms. Semenova sang Musetta “La Boheme” as a guest artist at the Mariinsky Theatre.
In the future she will perform the Violetta as a guest artist of Estonian Opera. She will also sing Natasha Rostova in “War and Peace” with Canadian Opera in 2008.