Fayzulina, Yulia
No. 16
Voice type: Mezzo-soprano/Alto
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 14 July, 1987
Mr Fayzulina took her first piano lesson at the age of 11, and when she turned 18, she applied for the School of Exceptional Young Talents in Yekaterinburg, then she continued her studies at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire at the piano department. She started singing in this period of her life, at 19. Some years later, she was admitted to the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where she earned her MA in 2015 in stage performance and vocal studies. During her university years, she frequently starred in opera productions, for instance as Olga in Tchaikovsky’ Eugene Onegin or as Lyubasha in The Tsar’s Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov. Since then, she has featured as Flora in La traviata or Maddalena in Rigoletto. As of 2016, she has been working and studying in Saint Petersburg and has appeared in roles like Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro or the title role of Bizet’s Carmen.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Freudvoll und Leidvoll (J. W. Goethe)
Bizet: Chanson Bohémienne (Les tringles des sistres tintaient)
– Carmen’s Aria from Carmen
Verdi: Condotta ell’era in ceppi – Azucena’s Aria from Il trovatore
Semi-final
Massenet: Va! laisse couler mes larmes – Charlotte’s Aria from Werther
Donizetti: O mio Fernando – Léonore de Guzman’s Aria
from La favorite
Final
Mascagni: Voi lo sapete – Santuzza’s Romance from Cavalleria
rusticana
Offenbach: C'est l'amour vainqueur – Nicklausse’s Aria from Les
contes d‘Hoffmann
Tchaikovksy: Ja nye sposobna k grusti tomnoy (I was not made for
melancholy singing) – Olga’s Aria from Eugene Onegin