Gelena Gaskarova

She graduated from the St Petersburg State Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in 2008 (class of Grayr Khanedanian). In 2001, she became a soloist of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers.

At the Mariinsky Theatre, her repertoire includes roles of Tatiana (Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin), Iolanta (Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta), Kupava (Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snow Maiden), Volkhova (Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sadko), Oksana (Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve), Francesca (Sergey Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini), Natasha Rostova (Sergey Prokofiev’s War and Peace), Nastasya Filippovna (Moisey Vaynberg’s Idiot), Fradl (Moisey Vaynberg’s Pozdravlyayem!), Zinaida Gippius (Leonid Klinichev’s Zinaida), First Lady (Mozart’s Magic Flute), Fiordiligi (Mozart’s Così fan tutte), Musetta (Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème), Violetta (Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata), Marguerite (Charles Gounod’s Faust), Maria (Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa), Zemfira (Sergey Rachmaninoff’s Aleko), Lidochka (Dmitry Shostakovich’s Moscow, Cheryomushki), among many others.

She has appeared as Iolanta and Tatiana in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s operas productions performed under the baton of Tugan Sokhiev at the Halle aux Grains de Toulouse and the Salle Pleyel in Paris. She has also performed the role of Tatiana at the Latvian National Opera, theatres in Nantes, Angers, and Tours. She has appeared as Iolanta in the productions of the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole and the Opéra national de Lorraine in Nancy. In 2015, she took part in the productions of Sergey Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini and Aleko at the National Opera of Lorraine, where she sang roles of Francesca and Zemfira.

In 2014, she sang the part of Maria in Mazeppa under the baton of Alexander Vedernikov at the Royal Concertgebouw. She has given concert performances in Paris, Rome, Milan, Bari, Munich, Bonn, as well as in many cities and towns of Russia. The singer has collaborated with such directors as Robert Carsen, Mariusz Treliński, Silviu Purcărete, and David Hermann.

As a guest soloist, she has appeared at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in the productions of Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and Iolanta, Antonin Dvorak’s Rusalka under the baton of Mikhail Tatarnikov.

Diploma of the Pyotr Tchaikovsky International Competition (2015)
Prize at the VII International Stanislaw Moniuszko Vocal Competition (Warsaw, 2010)
Prize at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers’ Competition (St Petersburg, 2004, 2008)
Prize at the International Pavel Lisitsian Competition (Vladikavkaz, 2004)