Shamaeva, Polina
Voice: Mezzo-soprano / Alto
Country of birth: Russia
Date of birth: 17 October 1987
In 2006, she graduated from the Rostropovich College of Music in Voronezh (choral conducting). In 2011 she graduated also from the Moscow Academy of Choral Arts (conducting). Currently, she is studying solo singing at the Academy of Choral Arts. She participated in masterclasses of Luybov Kazarnovskaya, Darenn Zimmer and Michael Paul. Ms Shamaeva performed as a soloist at the Great Hall of the Moscow State Conservatory, in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall of the The Moscow International Performing Arts Centre, but has also toured Greece, Germany and Japan. She has taken part in productions of Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades as Pauline and acted as Laura in Iolanta. So far, she has performed the mezzo-soprano part in more than 30 cantatas and oratorios.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Freudvoll und Leidvoll (J. W. Goethe)
Bellini: Se Romeo l’uccise un figlio – Romeo’s Aria from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Gounod: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle? – Stephano’s Aria from Roméo et Juliette
Semi-final
Shchedrin: Po lesam kudriavim - Song and ditties of Varvara from Not Love Alone
Ravel: Oh! La pitoyable aventure! – Concepcion’s Aria from L’heure espagnole
Final
Rossini: Una voce poco fa – Rosina’s Aria from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Mozart: Non so piu cosa son, cosa faccio – Cherubino’s Aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Strauss, J.: Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein – Prince Orlofsky’s Couplets from Die Fledermaus