Anna Shafajinskaia |
Anna Shafajinskaya
Recognition came to Anna Shafazhinskaya after her performance at the fifth Luciano Pavarotti International Vocal Competition: she received an invitation to perform the part of Tosca in Puccini’s opera of the same name, where Luciano Pavarotti became her stage partner.
Anna Shafazhinskaya is a winner of fourteen National and International vocal competitions. Her awards include the Best Debut Artist Award at NYCO. Maria Callas Award nominee (Dallas).
Anna Shafazhinskaya graduated from the Academy of Music. Gnesins (Moscow) and currently occupies a leading place among the dramatic sopranos of the younger generation. Her debut at the Vienna Opera as Turandot was called “sensational” (Rodney Milnes, The Times, Opera) and her performance as Princess Turandot at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden “was reminiscent of Maria Callas” (” Times, Matthew Connolly).
“Her singing has the highest skill and authority, which few achieve” (Opera magazine, London).
The singer’s repertoire includes such parts as Lisa (“The Queen of Spades”), Lyubava (“Sadko”), Fata Morgana (“Love for Three Oranges”), Gioconda (“La Gioconda”), Lady Macbeth (“Macbeth”), Tosca (” Longing”), Princess Turandot (“Turandot”), Aida (“Aida”), Maddalena (“Andre Chénier”), Princess (“Mermaid”), Musetta (“La Boheme”), Nedda (“Pagliacci”), “Requiem » Verdi, Britten’s War Requiem, which she performed on the world’s most famous opera stages – Deutsche Oper (Berlin), Finnish National Opera (Helsinki), Bolshoi Theater (Moscow); Teatro Massimo (Palermo); Teatro Comunale (Florence), Opera National de Paris, New York City Opera, Den Norske Opera (Norway), Philadelphia Opera (USA), The Royal Opera House Covent Garden (London), Semperoper (Dresden), Gran Teatro del Liceu (Barselona) ), Opera National de Montpellier (France), Nacionale Operas of Mexico City, San Diego, Dallas, New Orleans, Maiami, Columbus, Opera Festival of New Jersey (USA), Nederlandse Opera (Amsterdam), Royal Opera de Wallonie (Belgium) , Welsh National Opera (UK), Opera de Montreal (Canada), Centuries Opera (Toronto, Canada), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Bach to Bartok Festival (Italy).
She has given solo concerts in Toronto (Canada), Odense (Denmark), Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Athens (Greece), Durban (South Africa).
She collaborated with such conductors as Carlo Rizzi, Marcelo Viotti, Francesco Corti, Andrei Boreiko, Sergei Ponkin, Alexander Vedernikov, Muhai Tang.
Stage partners were Luciano Pavarotti, Giuseppe Giacomini, Vladimir Galuzin, Larisa Dyadkova, Vladimir Chernov, Vasily Gerello, Denis O’Neill, Franco Farina, Marcelo Giordani.
