Levchuk, Margarita
No. 42
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Belarus
Date of birth: 6 April, 1990
She attended the Belarusian State Academy of Music, then in 2016 she was admitted to the Young Artist Programme at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre in Minsk, where she made her debut as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, then featured as Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. In the 2016/2017 season, she became a soloist at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre and had the opportunity to take to the stage as Oscar in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, and as Gilda in Rigoletto. In the following two seasons, he went on to act as Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata and as Musetta in Puccini’s La bohème. In addition to operatic roles, she has given recitals at various festivals and concerts, often collaborating with Baroque ensembles. In 2016, she made her debut in the movie world, playing an opera singer in the Russian feature film, Guardian Angel.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Oh! quand je dors (V. Hugo)
Mozart: Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln – Blondchen’s Aria from Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Händel: Tornami a vagheggiar – Alcina’s Aria from Alcina
Semi-final
Verdi: Caro nome – Gilda’s Aria from Rigoletto
Gounod: Je veux vivre – Juliet's Waltz from Roméo et Juliette
Final
Mozart: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn – Queen of the Night’s Aria from Die Zauberflöte
Donizetti: Quel guardo, il cavaliere – Norina’s Aria from Don Pasquale
Offenbach: The Doll Song (Les oiseaux dans la charmille) – Olympia’s Aria from Les contes d’Hoffmann