Iurkus, Anna
No. 27
Voice type: Mezzo-soprano/Alto
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 1 February, 1994
She studied at the college of the Ippolitov-Ivanov State Music and Pedagogical Institute, in the piano department, continuing her vocal practices too. In 2013 she graduated from college and took acting classes at the Russian University of Theater Arts. In 2014 she was admitted to the Academy of Choral Art. With the Academy Choir she participated in concerts under direction of such conductors as Alberto Zedda, Vassily Sinaisky, Vladimir Fedoseev, Pavel Kogan. She went on a tour to Germany and Switzeland, where she performed solo “Bless the Lord, o my soul” from Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil. Her repertoire includes Cherubino in Mozart’s opera Le nozze di Figaro, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Tsarevich Fedor in Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky, and the title role of Bizet’s Carmen.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Im Rhein, im schönen Strome
Meyerbeer: Non, non, non, vous n’avais jamais – Urbain’s rondo from Les Huguenots
Ponchielli: Stella del marinar – Laura’s aria from La Gioconda
Semi-final
Mozart: Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio – Sesto’s aria from La clemenza di Tito
Massenet: Werther! Werther!... Je vous écrit de ma petite chambre – Charlotte’s aria from Werther
Final
Gounod: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle – Stéphano’s aria from Roméo et Juliette
Rossini: Nacqui all’affanno... Non più mesta – Angelina’s aria from La Cenerentola
Beethoven: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? – Leonore’s aria from Fidelio