Hippius, Zoe
No. 20
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 15 December, 1993
She graduated from the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica in Slovakia in the class of Professor Eva Blahová in 2021. Until 2023, she was a member of the international opera studio at the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava. In 2022 she sang in Schaffhausen, the next year at the State Theatre Košice and at the BHS festival. Her singing competition successes include second prize and special prize in the Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský International Vocal Competition in 2019; second prize in the American International Czech & Slovak Voice Competition and first prize in the CIMP Rossini International Music Competition. In 2021, she received the main prize in the Song category in the Ada Sari International Vocal Artistry Competition as well as first prize in the International Jan Kiepura Vocal Competition. She has appeared at festivals in Slovakia, Czechia, Italy, France, and in Asia
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Oh! quand je dors
R. Strauss: Ich bin euer Liebden sehr verbunden – Sophie’s aria from Der Rosenkavalier
Donizetti: Regnava nel silenzio – Lucia’s aria from Lucia di Lamermoor
Semi-final
Mozart: Martern aller Arten – Konstanze’s aria from Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Thomas: À vos jeux, mes amis – Ophélie’s Mad Scene from Hamlet
Final
Bellini: Ah! non credea mirarti... Ah! non giunge uman pensiero – Aminaʼs arias from La Sonnambula
Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan Sergieich, jochesh v sad… Ah posmotri: kakoy zhe kolokol’chik? – Marfa’s recitative and aria from The Tsar’s Bride
Donizetti: Il dolce suono – Lucia’s aria from Lucia di Lammermoor