Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Grand prize at the Independent International Competition for Opera Singers (Moscow, Russia, 2009)
Second prize and special mention for the best performance of a piece by a contemporary composer at the 2nd Boris Shtokolov International Vocal Competition (St Petersburg, Russia, 2009)
Finalist of the Competition for the Best Performance of Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot (Verona, Italy, 2009)
Certificate of participation at the 9th Imrich Godin International Vocal Competition IUVENTUS CANTI (Vráble, Slovakia, 2007)
Certificate of participation at the International Festival Contest "Hope, Talent, Masters" (Albena, Bulgaria, 2006)
Certificate of participation at the International Voice Competition (Vilnius, Lithuania, 2005)
Elena Zolova graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in 2008 where she had studied under the People’s Artist of Belarus, Associate Professor Irina Shikunova. In 2009, she received a master’s degree from the Academy where she had trained under the supervision of the Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus, Professor Viktor Skorobogatov.
She participated in masterclasses in baroque music given by Francis Hammer (Austria, 2005), in opera dramaturgy given by Dragomir Nenov (Bulgaria, 2006) and in vocal given by Alexandrina Milcheva (Bulgaria, 2006).
She joined the opera company of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus in 2008.
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Adina L'elisir d'amore
Mimì La bohème
Nadzeya Yanouskaya King Stakh’s Wild Hunt by Vladimir Soltan
Marguerite Faust
Solveig (vocal part) Peer Gynt
Mrs. Cat The Cat's House by Pavel Valdgardt
Senta Der fliegende Holländer
Marfa The Tsar’s Bride
Violetta La traviata
Kasya Someone Else's Wealth Does Not Serve Anyone by Jan Dawid Holland
Corilla Viva la mamma!
Dzin Magic Music by Mark Minkov
Barbarina, the Countess The Marriage of Figaro
The title role Iolanta
The Second Lady Die Zauberflöte
Anna Nabucco
Emma Khovanshchina
Kupava The Snow Maiden
The Priestess Aida
Tatiana Eugene Onegin
Galatea Metamorphoses (ballet to the music by Johann Sebastian Bach)
Iryna The Grey Legend by Dmitry Smolsky
The Rabbit Winnie-the-Pooh by Olga Petrova
Eleonora Prima la musica e poi le parole
Elena Zolova regularly performs throughout Belarus and abroad – in Russia, Italy, China, Latvia, Bulgaria, etc. Her recent international appearances include, among others, Violetta in La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi in the Rostov State Musical Theatre, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Latvian National Opera, Ksenia in Modest Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov at the 5th edition of the opera festival "Opera Without Borders" (Krasnodar, Russia, May 2022).
In October 2022, she performed the role of Nadzeya Yanouskaya in a guest performance of King Stakh’s Wild Hunt by the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus on the historic stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
