Soprano
Biography
Soprano Elena Kelessidi was born in Kazakhstan of Greek parentage. She studied at the conservatory in Alma-Ata before moving to Greece where she made her debut. She appeared at the Megaron Hall Athens as Donna Anna DON GIOVANNI, which brought her to the attention of the Royal Opera Covent Garden. She made her Covent Garden debut as Violetta LA TRAVIATA since when her international career has continued to flourish taking her to the principal opera houses of the world.
Roles performed
LA BOHEME: Mimi
Covent Garden
L’Opéra National de Paris
Metropolitan Opera
Wiener Staatsoper
Staatsoper unter den Linden
Bayerische Staatsoper
De Nederlandse Opera
Canadian Opera Company
Greek National Opera
I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI: Giulietta
Covent Garden
CARMEN: Micaëla
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Greek National Opera
LA CERISAIE: Liouba
Opéra Garnier – Opéra National de Paris
LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN: Antonia
Covent Garden
LE COQ D’OR: The Queen of Shemakhan
Covent Garden
CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN: Vixen
Greek National Opera
DON GIOVANNI: Donna Anna
Megaron Hall Athens
DON GIOVANNI: Zerlina
Opéra National de Paris
DON GIOVANNI: Donna Elvira
Greek National Opera
L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Adina
Greek National Opera
FAUST: Marguérite
Covent Garden
Opéra de Lille
DIE FLEDERMAUS: Rosalinda
Greek National Opera
GIULIO CESARE: Cleopatra
Covent Garden
MAKROPULOS CASE: Emilia Marty
Greek National Opera
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Susanna
Dallas Opera
DIE LUSTIGE WITWE: Hanna Glawari
Greek National Opera
ORFEE ET EURIDICE: Euridice
Greek National Opera
OTELLO: Desdemona (Rossini)
Wiener Festwochen
OTELLO: Desdemona (Verdi)
Opera North
I PAGLIACCI: Nedda
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
DIE PASSAGIERIN: Marta
Bregenzer Festspiele
Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa
RIGOLETTO: Gilda
Portland Opera
Teatro Municipale Rio de Janeiro
Casa Da Música, Porto
Greek National Opera
LA SONNAMBULA: Amina
Megaron Hall Athens
Covent Garden
LA TRAVIATA: Violetta
Covent Garden
Bayerische Staatsoper
Hamburgische Staatsoper
L’Opéra de Monte Carlo
The Baltimore Opera Company
Tokyo Bunkamura Hall
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Opernhaus Zürich
Greek National Opera
TURANDOT: Liù (Berio Finale)
De Nederlandse Opera
TURANDOT: Liù (Alfano Finale)
Covent Garden
Staatsoper unter den Linden
Megaron Hall Thessaloniki
Florida Grand Opera
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Oper Bergen Festival
YEVGENY ONYEGIN: Tatiana
Opéra de Montpellier
Audio
At the Ball (Tchaikovsky)
O never sing to me again (Rachmaninoff)
Conductors she has collaborated with
Maurizio Benini; Richard Bradshaw; Bruno Campanella; Riccardo Chailly; Placido Domingo; Vladimir Fedoseyev; Adam Fischer; Lukas Karytinos; Kent Nagano; Kiril Petrenko; Stewart Robertson; Julius Rudel; Marcello Viotti; Simone Young.
Recording
CD of Russian songs entitled ELENA KELESSIDI A RUSSIAN ROMANCE accompanied by Malcolm Martineau, issued by Onyx Classics.
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