Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus (2021)
Francysk Skaryna Medal (2014)
Certificate of participation at the Hariclea Darclée International Voice Competition (Braila, Romania, 1997 and 1999)
Tatiana Tretiak graduated in piano (undergraduate degree under the tutelage of Associate Professor Tatyana Volodko, assistantship under the People’s Artist of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize, Professor Igor Olovnikov) and in academic singing (undergraduate and master’s degrees under the Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus, Professor Lyudmila Kolos) from the Belarusian State Conservatoire (currently the Academy of Music).
She began her career at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus as an accompanist in 1988. She made her Belarusian Bolshoi vocal debut as Brigitta in the premiere performance of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta in 1993. She joined the opera company of the theatre as a soloist in 1997.
In 2002, she was decorated with the Badge of Honour from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus for her considerable artistic achievements, followed by the Ministry’s Certificate of Honour in 2008.
Tatiana Tretiak often gives recitals in Belarus and abroad. She has an extensive concert repertoire, which includes solo parts in cantatas and oratorios, vocal cycles, and art songs. Her most significant solo programmes include “Portraits. Anna German”, “Quiet Words of Love”, “Love and Life of a Woman”, “The Charm of an Old Art Song”, etc.
In 1998, Tatiana Tretiak performed the soprano part in the world premiere of Leopoldo Gamberini’s cantata O Diário de Anne Frank and took part in the recording of the piece (CD was released in Milan in 1999).
In 2005, she performed Mikael Tariverdiev’s monodrama Waiting at the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society for the first time in Belarus.
In 2006, the string quintet Serenada comprising the theatre’s orchestra musicians was founded at her instigation. The quintet has over 20 programmes with the theatre’s leading opera soloists in its repertoire, the most popular being “Through Life with a Song”, “Music of Our Cinema”. “Milonga with Serenada”, “Always in my Heart. Music of Italy, Spain and Cuba”, “Old Art Songs”, and “Songs of a Big Country”, and has given over a hundred concerts throughout Belarus and abroad.
In 2023, Tatiana Tretiak received a grant in science, education, healthcare, and culture from the President of the Republic of Belarus for the implementation of the project "The Land of Beautiful People", aimed at preserving national and spiritual traditions and popularizing the achievements of the national vocal school in Belarus and abroad.
She served on the jury of the qualifying round of the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Jurmala, Latvia, and Irkutsk, Russia, in 2014, etc.
In 2011, she also began her teaching career at the Belarusian State Academy of Music (chamber singing, solo singing), and in 2020 she was promoted to associate professor.
The title role / Salome
Senta / Der fliegende Holländer
Lady Macbeth / Macbeth
Violetta / La traviata
The title role / Aida
Mimì, Musetta / La bohème
Liù / Turandot
Cio-Cio San / Madama Butterfly
Rosina / Il barbiere di Siviglia
Lucia / Lucia di Lammermoor
Tatiana / Eugene Onegin
Micaëla / Carmen
Amelia / Un ballo in maschera
Leonora / Il trovatore
Marfa / The Tsar's Bride
Emma / Khovanshchina
Kseniya / Boris Godunov
The Polovtsian Maiden / Prince Igor
Brigitta / Iolanta
Rita / Rita, ou le mari battu
The First Wife / Bluebeard and His Wives by Viktor Kopytsko
Lauretta, Nella / Gianni Schicchi
Prilepa / The Queen of Spades
Lieschen / Coffee Cantata
The Princess / Magic Music by Mark Minkov
Pamina / Die Zauberflöte
Zerlina / Don Giovanni
Susanna, the Countess / Le nozze di Figaro
Tatiana / The Jubilee by Sergey Kortes
Soprano / La voux humaine
Soprano part in Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, etc.
In 2002, she took part in the Days of Belarusian Culture in France.
She has taken part in opera festivals in Switzerland, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Thailand, Moldova, and Russia.
With Belarusian, Lithuanian, Bulgarian and Russian symphony orchestras, she has performed soprano parts in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem in D minor, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, The Creation by Joseph Haydn in Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, Lithuania.
With Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian orchestras, Tatiana Tretiak has performed the programme made up of Strauss’ pieces at noted venues, including Sala Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy; Musikverein in Vienna, Austria; Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain; and other concert venues in Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, and Serbia.
As the member of the company, she has toured Thailand, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, and the UK.
In 2017, she took part in the Israeli tour of opera soloists with the programme "The Magic World of Operetta."
In 2019, she and the string quintet Serenada presented Belarus at the International EXPO 2019 in Shanghai, China.
In 2022, she took part at the International Opera Festival “The Breath of Baikal” in Irkutsk and the Festival of Russian Opera in Irkutsk District, Russia.
In 2023, Tatiana Tretiak sang the role of the Death in the world premiere of The Boat of Despair by Sergey Beltiukov (concert performance).
Tatiana Tretiak’s other international appearances include:
Violetta in La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi at Klaipėda State Musical Theatre and at the International Opera Festival “The Breath of Baikal” in Irkutsk, Russia (2022);
the title role in Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida at the Azerbaijani State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Baku (2021);
Sophie in a concert performance of Werther by Jules Massenet at the International Opera Festival “The Breath of Baikal” in Irkutsk, Russia (2014);
Leonora in Giuseppe Verdi’s Il trovatore at the Azerbaijani State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Baku and at the International Festival of Dance and Music in Bangkok, Thailand (2006);
Musetta in La bohème by Giacomo Puccini at the Azerbaijani State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Baku (2006).
