Olga Dmitrievna Kondina |

Olga Kondina

People’s Artist of Russia. Laureate and owner of a special prize for the “best soprano” of the International Competition named after. F. Viñasa (Barcelona, ​​Spain, 1987). Laureate of the All-Union Competition of Vocalists. M.I. Glinka (Moscow, 1984). Diploma winner of the International Vocal Competition (Italy, 1986).

Olga Kondina was born in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg). In 1980 she graduated from the Ural State Conservatory in violin (class of S. Gashinsky), and in 1982 in solo singing (class of K. Rodionova). In 1983–1985 continued her postgraduate studies at the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky in the class of Professor I. Arkhipova. Since 1985 Olga Kondina has been the leading soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre.

Among the roles performed at the Mariinsky Theater: Lyudmila (Ruslan and Lyudmila), Ksenia (Boris Godunov), Prilepa (The Queen of Spades), Iolanta (Iolanta), Sirin (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and Virgin Fevronia”), Queen of Shemakhan (“Golden Cockerel”), Nightingale (“Nightingale”), Ninetta (“Love for Three Oranges”), Motley Lady (“Player”), Anastasia (“Peter I”), Rosina (” The Barber of Seville”), Lucia (“Lucia di Lammermoor”), Norina (“Don Pasquale”), Maria (“Daughter of the Regiment”), Mary Stuart (“Mary Stuart”), Gilda (“Rigoletto”), Violetta (“La Traviata ”), Oscar (“Un ballo in masquerade”), a voice from heaven (“Don Carlos”), Alice (“Falstaff”), Mimi (“La Boheme”), Genevieve (“Sister Angelica”), Liu (“Turandot”) , Leila (“The Pearl Seekers”), Manon (“Manon”), Zerlina (“Don Giovanni”), the Queen of the Night and Pamina (“The Magic Flute”), the magical maiden of Klingsor (“Parsifal”).

The singer’s extensive chamber repertoire includes a number of solo programs from works by French, Italian and German composers. Olga Kondina also performs soprano parts in Stabat Mater Pergolesi, Beethoven’s Solemn Mass, Bach’s Matthew Passion and John Passion, Handel’s Messiah oratorio, Mozart’s Requiem, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Mendelssohn’s Prophet Elijah, Verdi’s Requiem and Mahler’s Symphony No. 9.

As part of the Mariinsky Theater Company and with solo programs, Olga Kondina toured Europe, America, and Japan; She has performed at the Metropolitan Opera (New York) and the Albert Hall (London).

Olga Kondina is a member of the jury of a number of international vocal competitions (including the international festival-competition “Three Centuries of Classical Romance” and the international music competition named after V. Stenhammar) and a vocal teacher at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. ON THE. Rimsky-Korsakov. For two years the singer headed the Department of History and Theory of Vocal Art.

Among Olga Kondina’s students are the laureate of international competitions, soloist of the Bonn Opera House Yulia Novikova, laureate of international competitions Olga Senderskaya, soloist of the Academy of Young Opera Singers of the Mariinsky Theater, trainee of the Strasbourg Opera House Andrey Zemskov, diploma winner of the international competition, soloist of the Children’s Musical Theater “Through the Looking Glass” Elena Vitis and soloist of the St. Petersburg Opera Chamber Musical Theater Evgeny Nagovitsyn.

Olga Kondina performed the role of Gilda in Viktor Okuntsov’s opera film Rigoletto (1987), and also took part in the recording of the music for Sergei Kuryokhin’s film The Master Decorator (1999).

The singer’s discography includes CD-recordings “Russian Classical Romances” (1993), “Sparrow Oratorio: Four Seasons” (1993), Ave Maria (1994), “Reflections” (1996, together with the Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V. Andreeva), “Ten Brilliant Arias” (1997) and Unique baroque music (together with Eric Kurmangaliev, conductor Alexander Rudin).

Source: official website of the Mariinsky Theater