Polova, Alina
No. 53
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Ukraine
Date of birth: 31 October, 1987
The Ukrainian soprano first finished her vocal course at Krivoy Rog's Music College, but then she switched to choral conducting and completed her studies also in that. In 2006 she entered and in 2011 she graduated from the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine in the class of Evgheniya Miroshnichenko. She has been the laureate of numerous national and international competitions, and was a participant in the International Festival “Musica dal Mondo” held in Italy. She received the grand distinction from the governor of Dniepropetrovsk region “For her significant contribution to the development of culture”. From 2012 until 2014, she attended the Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland. Since 2016, she has been a soloist of the Mari Opera and Ballet, and it was last year when she made her debut as Gilda inRigoletto, then as Marfa in The Tsar’s Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104 di Petrarca)
Thomas: Je suis Titania – Philine’s Polonaise from Mignon
Mozart: Tiger! Wetze nur die Klauen – Zaide’s Aria from Zaide
Semi-final
Glinka: Vater, ach, wie sehr ich traurig bin – Lyudmila’s Aria from Ruslan and Lyudmila
Bernstein: Glitter and be gay – Cunegonde’s Aria from Candide
Final
Mozart: Giunse alfin il momento... Deh vieni, non tardar – Susanna’s Aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Donizetti: Quel guardo il cavaliere... So anch’io la virtu magica – Norina’s Aria from Don Pasquale
Massenet: Obeissons quand leur voix appelle – Manon’s Gavotte from Manon