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Elena Zolova

Soprano

Schedule

  • 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.

 

REPERTOIRE
  • The title role / Iolanta
  • Gerda / The Story of Kai and Gerda (The Snow Queen) by Sergei Banevich
  • Adina / L'elisir d'amore
  • Mimì / La bohème
  • Nadzeya Yanouskaya / King Stakh’s Wild Hunt by Vladimir Soltan
  • Marguerite / Faust
  • Solveig / the ballet Peer Gynt (vocal part)
  • 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 Second Lady / Die Zauberflöte
  • Anna / Nabucco
  • Emma / Khovanshchina
  • Kupava / The Snow Maiden
  • The Priestess / Aida
  • Tatiana / Eugene Onegin
  • Galatea / Metamorphoses (vocal part in the 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

CONCERT TOUR

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.

 

 

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