Margarita Nekrasova (Mezzo-soprano)
Margarita Nekrasova
(mezzo-soprano) graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory (Associate Prof.
Shumilova's class) in 1992. The singer has a voice of exceptional compass, and
her repertoire includes compositions by Pergolesi, Handel, Gluck, Bach, Verdi,
Donizetti, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Prokofiev. Since
1994, she has been a soloist of the Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow. The
singer has also taken part in various
concerts of the theatre. She has been invited to perform at prestigious opera
houses and concert halls in Russia and abroad (Teatro Comunale in Florence, La
Scala in Milan, various theatres in Germany, Austria, Israel, Japan, and the
Czech Republic). She has participated in musical festivals in Russia and in
Europe. The singer took part in two CD recordings with the theatre
- "The Novaya Opera in Carnegie Hall" and "Romances by Tchaikovsky and
Rachmaninov".
Roles
performed:
- Кonchakovna in Borodin's Prince
Igor (in concert)
- Ratmir in Glinka's Ruslan and
Lyudmila
-
Princess in Dargomyzhsky's The
Mermaid
-
Angel in Rubinstein's The
Demon
-
Innkeeper in Mussorgsky's Boris
Godunov
-
Nanny in Tchaikovsky's Eugene
Onegin
-
Polina in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of
Spades
-
Lel and Spring in
Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden
-
Lyubasha in Rimsky-Korsakov's The
Tsar's Bride
-
Herodias in Strauss's Salome (in
concert)
-
Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and
Aeneas
-
Elisabeth in Donizetti's Maria
Stuarda
-
Fenena in Verdi's
Nabucco
-
Flora in Verdi's La
Traviata
-
Azucena in the concert performance of
Verdi's Il Trovatore
-
mezzo-soprano parts in the productions
"Rossini", "Viva Verdi!", "Bravissimo!", "O Mozart! Mozart…", "Richard
Wagner",
-
mezzo-soprano part in Verdi's
Requiem, in Mozart's Requiem, and Pergolesi's Stabat
Mater
Awards and
Honours:
-
Honoured Artist of
Russia
-
Diploma at the Glinka International
Competition (1991)
-
Third prize at the Francisco Vinias
International Competition in Barcelona (Spain, 1994)
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