Ovchinnikova, Galina
No. 55
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 26 December, 1993
The soprano was born in Veliky Novgorod (Russia), and graduated in 2015 from the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music (in the class of professor Natalia Sukhanova). Continuing her studies in Italy at Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome and obtaining there a bachelor’s degree in 2018 (class of Anna Maria Ferrante), she performed at the opera studio, as well as at several festivals and concerts. She took part at the festival “Un organo per Roma” and “La musica e infanzia” in 2018. The next year she won the VII International Vocal Contest “Jole de Maria” in Tivoli (Italy) and was selected for the Rome Opera Theatre’s youth artist programme. Her international opera debut took place in 2019 at the Teatro Goldoni in Livorno (Italy). She participated in master classes of Cristina Piperno, Danilo Rigosa, Inés Salazar, Monica Bacelli and Mirco Roverelli. At present she is progressing in master studies at Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia (Amelia Felle’s class of chamber music).
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Ich liebe dich
Boito: L’altra notte in fondo al mare – Margherita’s aria from Mefistofele
Tchaikovsky: Atchevo eta prezhde ne znala – Iolanta’s arioso from Iolanta
Semi-final
Verdi: Morrò – ma prima in grazia – Amelia’s aria from Un ballo in maschera
Massenet: Il est doux, il est bon – Salomé’s aria from Hérodiade
Final
Tchaikovskij: Puskai pogibnu ya – Tatyana’s aria from Eugene Onegin
Verdi: Ecco I’orrido campo ove s’accoppia – Amelia’s aria from Un ballo maschera
Mascagni: Voi lo sapete, o mamma – Santuzza’s aria from Cavalleria rusticana