Povazhna, Anastasiia
No. 59
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Ukraine
Date of birth: 5 January, 1998
She was born in Kamenskoye, Ukraine in 1988, and studies since 2016 at the Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy in Kyiv, attending master classes by leading opera singers such as Vittorio Grigolo, Teimuraz Gugushvili and taking part in several concerts as well as stage productions of the conservatory. She debuted on the stage of the National Opera of Ukraine in a concert. During the recent years, she won the 1st prizes of the All-Ukrainian Competition of Singers named after Nezhdanova in Odessa and that of named after Krushelnytska in Ternopil, as well as the 3rd prize of the International Competition of Singers in Kharkiv under the name “Kharkiv Assemblies”. She already has an invitation to perform the role of Juliet in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Kyiv Opera House.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Bist du!
Mozart: E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono i bei momenti – Rosina’s recitative and aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Gounod: Je veux vivre dans le rêve – Juliette’s waltz from Roméo et Juliette
Semi-final
Bizet: C’est des contrebandiers... Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante – Micaëla’s recitative and aria from Carmen
Puccini: Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì – Mimì’s aria from La bohème
Final
Verdi: Tacea la notte placida... Di tale amor – Leonora’s cavatina from Il trovatore
Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana – Wally's aria from La Wally
Gounod: O Dieu! que de bijoux!... Ah! je ris de me voir si belle – Marguerite’s recitative and Jewel Song from Faust