Soina, Elizaveta
No. 57
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 15 November, 1986
She graduated from Galina Pisarenko’s class at the Moscow State Conservatory. She has taken part in the masterclasses of such outstanding artists as Diane Zola, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig or Ernesto Palacio. In 2011 and 2012, she was a participant of the Young Singer’s Programme of the Lyon Opera. Since 2013, she has been a soloist of the Moscow Novaya Opera Theatre, where she sings the leading roles, such as Tatiana (Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky), Mimi (La bohème by Puccini), The Countess (Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart) or Marguerite (Gounod’s Faust). For the interpretation of Mimi (2016), she was nominated for the Russian Musical Award “Eugene Onegin”, and for the role of Marguerite in 2018, she was also nominated for The National Theatrical Award “Golden Mask”. In 2014, she took part at the Maifestspiele Wiesbaden starring as Tatiana. In the same role, she performed at the International Bruckner Festival in Linz. Ms Soina sang the role of Iolanta at the Tchaikovsky Festival in Estonia. In 2017, she featured as Mimi at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Die Lorelei (H. Heine)
Gounod: Jewel Song (Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir) – Marguerite’s Aria from Faust
Puccini: Un bel di vedremo – Cio-Cio-san’s Aria from Madama Butterfly
Semi-final
Puccini: Signore, ascolta! – Liù’s Aria from Turandot
Verdi: Surta e la notte – Elvira’s Aria from Ernani
Final
Mozart: Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro – The Countess Almaviva’s Aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Verdi: Tacea la notte – Leonora’s Aria from Il trovatore
Tchaikovsky: Tatiana's Letter Scene (Puskay pogibnu ya, no prezhde // Let me die, but first) – Tatiana’s Aria from Eugene Onegin