Polina Lapteva

soprano, soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre opera

Polina Lapteva graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in 2005, and in 2008 she completed postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory in violin class with People’s Artist of the USSR Eduard Grach. In 2017, she graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory as a soloist-vocalist with Professor Svetlana Gorenkova.
While still studying, Polina Lapteva became a guest soloist of the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic for Children and Youth. In 2016, the artist took part in the anniversary concerts of the Svetlanov State Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir on the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theatre and in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.
In 2018, the singer gave a solo concert in the Shchedrin Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2021, as part of the XXXII International Festival of New Music “Sound Ways,” Polina Lapteva performed the role of Natasha in the premiere performance of A. Yu. Radvilovich’s opera “Such a Life.”
Since August 2022 — soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Critics write: “Polina Lapteva sings freely, charming with the subtlety of her vocal line and the warmth of her timbre.”