Kulagina, Elizaveta
No. 32
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 19 May, 1998
From 2016 Elizaveta Kulagina studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Tamara Novichenko, and attended masterclasses by Elena Obraztsova, Sergei Leiferkus, Ildar Abdrazakov, Barbara Frittoli, Dmitry Vdovin, Ramón Vargas, among others. After graduating from the Young Artists Program of the Helikon Opera Moscow Musical Theatre, she was accepted into the opera’s ensemble in September 2021, where she currently works. She was awarded with a special prize in the 17th Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition (Madrid, 2022), a special prize in the 17th Tchaikovsky International Competition and third prize in the 14th Elena Obraztsova International Competition in St. Petersburg in 2023. In the summer of 2024 Elizaveta joined the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival, where she will perform in The Gambler by Prokofiev.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
Mozart: Temerari, sortite fuori... Come scoglio – Fiordiligi’s recitative and aria from Così fan tutte
Puccini: O mio babbino caro – Lauretta’s aria from Gianni Schicchi
Semi-final
Puccini: Donde lieta uscì – Mimì’s aria from La bohème
Gounod: Les grands seigneurs... Ah! je ris de me voir si belle – Marguerite’s recitative and Jewel Song from Faust
Final
Offenbach: Elle a fui, la tourterelle – Antonia’s aria from Les contes d’Hoffmann
Stravinsky: No word from Tom… I go to him! – Anne’s recitative and aria from The Rake’s Progress
Tchaikovsky: Puskai pogibnu ya, no pryezhde – Tatyana’s Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin