Tatiana Serjan |
Tatiana Serjan
Tatyana Serzhan graduated from the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory with a degree in choral conducting (class of F. Kozlov) and vocals (class of E. Manukhova). She also studied vocals with Georgy Zastavny. On the stage of the Opera and Ballet Theater of the Conservatory, she performed the parts of Violetta (La Traviata), Musetta (La Boheme) and Fiordiligi (Everybody Does It So). In 2000-2002 she was a soloist of the Children’s Musical Theater “Through the Looking Glass”.
In 2002 she moved to Italy, where she improved herself under the guidance of Franca Mattiucci. In the same year she made her debut at the Royal Theater of Turin as Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth. Subsequently, she performed this part at the Salzburg Festival (2011) and at the Rome Opera under the direction of Riccardo Muti, as well as at La Scala and the Vienna State Opera.
In 2013, the singer made her debut at the Mariinsky Theater as Leonora (a concert performance of Verdi’s Il trovatore), then sang her signature Lady Macbeth. Since 2014 she has been a soloist with the Mariinsky Opera Company. Performs roles in operas by Tchaikovsky (Lisa in The Queen of Spades), Verdi (Abigail in Nabucco, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Aida in the opera of the same name, Odabella in Attila and Elizabeth of Valois in Don Carlos), Puccini (the title role in the opera Tosca) and Cilea (the part of Adrienne Lecouvreur in the opera of the same name), as well as the soprano part in Verdi’s Requiem.
In 2016, Tatyana Serzhan was awarded the Casta Diva award from Russian critics, who named her “singer of the year” for her outstanding performance of parts in Verdi’s operas – Amelia in Simone Boccanegra and Leonora in Il trovatore (Mariinsky Theater) and Lady Macbeth in ” Macbethe (Zurich Opera). Also among the artist’s awards are the Golden Mask award for the role of Mimi in the play La bohème (Through the Looking Glass Theater, 2002) and the XNUMXst prize at the Una voce per Verdi International Vocal Competition in Ispra (Italy).
