Olesya Petrova
mezzo-soprano, soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre opera
Olesya Petrova graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory in 2008 in the class of People’s Artist of the USSR Irina Bogacheva. While still studying, the singer became a soloist at the Conservatory Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Olesya Petrova has been a guest soloist at the Mikhailovsky Theatre since 2012, and in 2016 she officially joined the opera troupe. “Great”, “inimitable”, “delightful” — these epithets invariably accompany the singer’s name in the press. The critics write: “a mezzo-soprano of enormous strength and stunning dark colouring,” “a voice of enormous range, extraordinary beauty — and limitless expressive possibilities.”
The artist performs on the best stages in the world, including the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, NOVAT, the Zurich Opera House, the Bangkok Opera, the National Theatre of Greece, the Metropolitan Opera, The Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Montreal Opera, the Verdi Theatre in Trieste, Sydney Opera House and many others.
Olesya Petrova collaborates with concert halls, symphony and chamber orchestras. The singer’s concert repertoire includes music by J.-S. Bach, G. Pergolesi, W.-A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, G. Verdi, H. Berlioz, R. Wagner, G. Mahler, S. S. Prokofiev.
- 1st Prize for the Paris International Opera Competition (2012)
- Participant of the final of the “Singer of the World” Contest (Cardiff, 2011)
- 2nd Prize for the XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 2007)
- 2nd Prize for the 1st International Galina Vishnevskaya Vocal Competition (Moscow, 2006)
- Award and special prizes for the 2nd National Competition of Vocal and Piano Duets “Three Centuries of Classical Romance” (St Petersburg, 2004)
- Scholarship Award and Grand Prix for the “Hope of Russia” Competition (2003–2004)
Upcoming performances
January
15
- opera in three acts
- music by Giuseppe Verdi
- production by Andrejs Zagars
- Gustav — Mikhail Pirogov (debut)
Renato — Boris Pinkhasovich (debut)
Amelia — Anna Dattay
Ulrica — Olesya Petrova - Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov