Valentina Fedeneva
soprano, soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre opera
Valentina Fedeneva graduated from the Prokofiev Donetsk Music Academy in 2007, where her teacher was Nikolai Momot. In 2006, while still a student, she became an opera soloist at the Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.
In 2010, the singer entered the Youth Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia under the direction of Dmitry Vdovin, and in 2011 she became a guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Since 2014, Valentina Fedeneva has worked at the St. Petersburg Opera Theatre, and in 2020 she joined the opera troupe of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. In 2021, the artist was awarded the Onegin National Opera Prize for her performance of the role of Natalya in the opera “Oprichnik”.
Critics write about the singer’s unusually warm, beautiful timbre: “Valentina Fedeneva’s wonderful, gentle soprano touches the most sensitive strings of the audience’s soul — such is the enormous power of this fragile artist.”
- 1st Prize for the 21st Century Art International Vocal Competition (Kiev, 2010)
- 2nd Prize for the 1st Minsk International Christmas Vocal Competition (Minsk, 2014)
- Diploma and Special Prize for the 24th Sobinov Vocal Competition (Saratov, 2011)
- Diploma for the Georg Ots International Musical Festival (2019)
- Special Prize for the 1st Minsk international Christmas Vocal Competition (2014)
Upcoming performances
January
30
- opera in two acts
- music by Giuseppe Verdi
- production by Vladimir Kekhman
- Baron Douphol — Sergei Leiferkus
Marguerite Gautier — Margarita Shapovalova
Armand Duval — Egor Martynenko
Georges Duval — Semyon Antakov
Flora Bervoix — Valentina Fedeneva - Conductor — Alexander Soloviev
February
20
- opera in two acts
- music by Giuseppe Verdi
- production by Vladimir Kekhman
- Baron Douphol — Denis Tchekolda
Marguerite Gautier — Margarita Shapovalova
Armand Duval — Egor Martynenko
Georges Duval — Alexander Shakhov
Flora Bervoix — Valentina Fedeneva
25
- opera in four acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- production by Sergey Novikov
- Natalia — Valentina Fedeneva
Andrey Morozov — Sergey Kuzmin
Boyarynya Morozova — Ekaterina Egorova
Prince Vyazminsky — Alexey Tikhomirov
Prince Zhemchuzhny — Alexander Bezrukov
March
18
- opera in four acts
- music by Georges Bizet
- production by Nacho Duato
- Carmen — Irina Shishkova
Don José — Sergey Kuzmin
Micaëla — Valentina Fedeneva
Escamillo — Semyon Antakov