Elena Popovskaya (Soprano)
Elena Popovskaya
(soprano) studied music theory, composition and singing (Margarita Landa’s
class) at the Gnessins Musical College. In 1997, the singer graduated from the
Moscow State Conservatory (Professor Kadinskaya’s
class). She joined the Novaya Opera
Theatre in 1998. Elena made her debut at the Bolshoi as Lisa in a new production
of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades in 2007 (music director and
conductor Mikhail Pletnev). Elena Popovskaya extensively tours abroad - in
the Netherlands, France, Germany, Israel and other countries. She appeared as
Renata in Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel at Theatre Royal de la Monnaie
(Brussels, 2006; conductor Kazushi Ono, stage director Richard Jones) and as
Lisa in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades at the Latvian National Opera
(Riga, 2007). In 2008, Elena Popovskaya was the first Russian soprano to perform
Turandot at Puccini’s Festival in Torre del Lago in Italy. Her repertoire also
comprises the following parts: Maria in Tchaikovsky’s Mazepa, Tosca in
Puccini’s Tosca, and the soprano part in Shostakovich’s Symphony
14. In 2010, Elena Popovskaya sang the title role in Strauss’s
Elektra (conducted by Gustav Kuhn), Manon in Puccini’s Manon
Lescaut at Luciano Pavarotti Teatro di Modena. This summer the singer will
perform the title role in Franco Zeffirelli’s new production of Puccini’s
Turandot at Arena di Verona, conducted by Placido
Domingo.
Roles
performed:
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Gorislava in Glinka’s
Ruslan and Lyudmila
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Kupava in
Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden
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Yaroslavna in Borodin's
Prince Igor (in concert)
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Dido in Purcell’s
Dido and Aeneas
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Elisabeth in
Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda
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Gertrude in Thomas’s
Hamlet
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Abigaille in Verdi's
Nabucco
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Santuzza in Mascagni’s
Cavalleria Rusticana
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Ortrud in Wagner's
Lohengrin
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soprano parts in the
productions “O Mozart! Mozart…”, “Rossini”, “Richard Wagner”, “Maria Callas”,
“Bravissimo!”, and “Viva Verdi!”
Awards and
Honours:
- Diploma-winner of
the XLI International Competition for Opera Singers (Toulouse,
1996)
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