Shelkovskaia, Julia
No. 64
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Russia
Date of birth: 23 October, 1990
Born in Russia in 1990, the soprano studied first at the Gnessin State Musical College with professor Sofia Aksenova between 2007 and 2011, then at The Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory with professor Nina Arsentieva between 2011 and 2016. She moved to Berlin and obtained first a bachelor’s degree in 2017 at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler under the tutelage of Ks. Thomas Quasthoff, and a master’s degree in 2020 at the same institution with Thomas Quasthoff and Fionnuala McCarthy. In 2019 she won a prize at the competition held by Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, and attended master classes and workshops with such famous professors as Júlia Váradi, Ruzanna Lisitsian, Irina Bogacheva, Olga Kondina, Scot Weir and Martin Bruns. She already performed at the Theater im Delphi in Berlin, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hermitage Theatre in St. Petersburg, and collaborated in a concert with the Berliner Philharmonie.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Bist du!
Dvořák: Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém – Rusalka’s Song to the Moon from Rusalka
Britten: Embroidery in childhood – Ellen’s Embroidery Aria from Peter Grimes
Semi-final
Smetana: Oh, jaký žal!... Ten lásky sen – Marenka’s aria from The Bartered Bride
Zimmermann: Einmal noch, einmal – Sophie Scholl’s aria from Die weiße Rose
Final
Mozart: Temerari, sortite fuori... Come scoglio – Fiordiligi’s recitative and aria from Così fan tutte
Bizet: C’est des contrebandiers... Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante – Micaëla’s recitative and aria from Carmen
Tchaikovsky: Puskai pogibnu ya – Tatyana’s aria from Eugene Onegin