Aida Garifullina
From an early age, Aida Garifullina was surrounded by music. At the age of 18, she attended the Nuremberg University of Music where she was taught by Siegfried Jerusalem. She joined the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in 2007 under the tuition of Claudia Visca.
In 2013, the singer was invited by conductor and company director Valery Gergiev to join the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. There, she made her first appearance as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and later performed as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto and Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. In 2014, she took part in opening nights of operas such as Prokofiev’s War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Golden Cockerel (Queen of Shemakha). Staged by British director Graham Vick, the War and Peace performance was screened in cinemas across Europe, exposing thousands to the young soprano’s magnificent voice for the first time.
The same year she first graced the stage of Mariinsky Theatre, Aida won first prize in Plácido Domingo’s world-renowned, prestigious International Opera Singers Competition „Operalia“ in Verona.
Following her success at „Operalia“, she was offered a contract with legendary British record label, Decca Classics and received an invitation to join the Vienna State Opera, where she performed Musetta (La Bohème), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Princess Eudoxie (Halévy’s La Juive), Elvira (Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Zerlina (Mozart’s Don Giovanni), Norina (Donizetti’s Don Pasquale).
In 2017, she performed the title part in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snow Maiden staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov at the Bastille Opera.
Today, Aida Garifullina regularly has recitals in Vienna and London, and participates in joint concerts with masters like Plácido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli both in Russia and abroad.
In 2013, the singer was invited by conductor and company director Valery Gergiev to join the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. There, she made her first appearance as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and later performed as Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto and Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. In 2014, she took part in opening nights of operas such as Prokofiev’s War and Peace (Natasha Rostova) and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Golden Cockerel (Queen of Shemakha). Staged by British director Graham Vick, the War and Peace performance was screened in cinemas across Europe, exposing thousands to the young soprano’s magnificent voice for the first time.
The same year she first graced the stage of Mariinsky Theatre, Aida won first prize in Plácido Domingo’s world-renowned, prestigious International Opera Singers Competition „Operalia“ in Verona.
Following her success at „Operalia“, she was offered a contract with legendary British record label, Decca Classics and received an invitation to join the Vienna State Opera, where she performed Musetta (La Bohème), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Princess Eudoxie (Halévy’s La Juive), Elvira (Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Zerlina (Mozart’s Don Giovanni), Norina (Donizetti’s Don Pasquale).
In 2017, she performed the title part in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snow Maiden staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov at the Bastille Opera.
Today, Aida Garifullina regularly has recitals in Vienna and London, and participates in joint concerts with masters like Plácido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli both in Russia and abroad.
- Title „Honoured Artist of Tatarstan“ (2013)
- First Prize for the International Opera Singers Competition „Operalia“ (Verona, 2013)
