Soprano
Biography
Elena Zelenskaya is a leading soprano with the Bolshoi Theatre where she made her debut in the title role of TOSCA. A competition winner, she graduated from the Baku Conservatoire and on winning first prize at the Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition in St. Petersburg joined the Moscow New Opera Company before going on to the Bolshoi Her international career began at the Mozart in Schönbrunn Festival in Vienna where she sang both Elvira DON GIOVANNI and La Contessa LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. Since then she has sung with important theatres throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra Bastille, the Deutsche Berlin, the Royal Danish Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie and in many festivals.
Roles performed
AIDA: Title Role
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
San Diego Opera
Savonlinna Festival
Bolshoi Theater
Teatru tal-Opra Aurora,
Gozo (Malta)
ANDRE CHENIER: Maddalena
New Israeli Opera
Teatro Sociale Rovigo
Teatro Sociale di Trento
Teatro Goldoni di Livorno
ATTILA: Odabella
New Israeli Opera
Teatro La Fenice
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Amelia
Metropolitan Opera
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Bolshoi Theatre
Oper Frankfurt
LA BOHEME: Mimi
Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona
Bolshoi Theatre
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Santuzza
West Norges Opera
Bolshoi Theatre
Opera Bergen
DON CARLO: Elisabetta
Oper der Stadt Köln
DON GIOVANNI: Elvira
Mozart in Schönbrunn Festival
EUGENE ONEGIN: Tatiana
Bolshoi Theatre
LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Minnie
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI: Title Role
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Leonora
Savonlinna Opera Festival
Royal Danish Opera
New Israeli Opera
Bolshoi Theatre
Metropolitan Opera
LA GIOCONDA: Title Role
Theater Erfurt
LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK: Katarina
Bolshoi Theatre
MACBETH: Lady Macbeth
Luzerner Theater
Minnesota Opera
New Israeli Opera
Oper der Stadt Köln
Seattle Opera
Greek National Opera
Bolshoi Theater
Opéra de Nice
MADDALENA: Maddalena
Concertgebouw
MARIA STUARDA: Elisabetta
Théâtre du Champs Elysée
Moscow New Opera
NABUCCO: Abigaille
Bolshoi Theatre
New Israeli Opera
Estonian National Opera
Greek National Opera
Royal Danish Opera
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Contessa
Mozart in Schönbrunn Festival
Bolshoi Theatre
OPRITCHNIK: Natasha
Bolshoi Theatre
ORLEANSKAJA DEVA: Ioanna
Cocertgebouw
OTELLO: Desdemona
Estonian National Opera
I PAGLIACCI: Nedda
Bolshoi Theare
PIKOVAJA DAMA: Lisa
Bolshoi Theatre
PRINCE IGOR: Jaroslavna
Bolshoi Theare
RUSALKA: Natasha (Dargomijsky)
Bolshoi Theatre
RUSLAN AND LUDMILA: Gorislava
Moscow New Opera
SALOME: Herodias
Bolshoi Theater
SIBERIA: Stefana
Wexford Festival
SNEGUROCHKA: Kupava
Bolshoi Theater
TOSCA: Title role
Opéra National de Paris
Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
Scottish Opera
Deutsche Oper Berlin
West Norges Opera
THE TSAR’S BRIDE: Domna Ivsanovna Saburova
Bolshoi Theatre
IL TROVATORE: Leonora
Bolshoi Theater
TURANDOT: Title Role
Bolshoi Theatre
Bremen Waterfront
LE VILLI: Anna
West Norges Opera
Opera Bergen
LA WALLY: Wally
Moscow New Opera
Bolshoi Theatre
Audio
La forza del destino (Verdi)
La Fanciulla del West – Extract 1 (Puccini)
La Fanciulla del West – Extract 2 (Puccini)
In concert
Elena Zelenskaya appears regularly in concert and her repertory includes
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9; BRITTEN WAR REQUIEM: RACHMANINOV THE BELLS; ROSSINI STABAT MATER; VERDI MESSA DA REQUIEM and a full repertoire of GLINKA, RACHMANINOV, TCHAIKOVSKY and MAHLER.
Outstanding concert appearances include
VERDI MESSA DA REQUIEM at The Royal Albert Hall cond. Georg Solti; in San Diego and in Lubliana.
BRITTEN WAR REQUIEM with Los Angeles Phlharmonic cond. Antonio Pappano.
RACHMANINOV – THE BELLS in Madrid.
SHOSTAKOVICH SEVEN ROMANCES ON POEMS OF ALEXANDER BLOK – OP. 127 ~ with the Musicians of Opéra National de Paris at the Palais Garnier.
CONCERT IN HONOUR OF PRESIDENT PUTIN to celebrate the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
MAHLERS SYMPHONY NO. 2 with the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra.
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