Opera Recital of Elena Popovskaya (soprano). Wieland Satter (bass-baritone, Germany) Moscow theatre "New Opera"
Schedule for Recital of Elena Popovskaya (soprano). Wieland Satter (bass-baritone, Germany) 2022
Soprano: Elena Popovskaya Bass-baritone: Wieland Satter
Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra of the "New Opera" Theatre
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)
Schedule for Recital of Elena Popovskaya (soprano). Wieland Satter (bass-baritone, Germany) 2022
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