Alisa Vladimirovna Kolosova (russian: Алиса Владимировна Колосова; born 29 July 1987 in
Moscow
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) is a
Russian
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*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
mezzo-soprano
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.
Kolosova studied music from age five, focusing on piano and choral singing, then enrolled in the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in 2004, where she studied under
Yevgeny Zhuravkin. In 2005, she began studies at the
Academic Music College of the Moscow State Conservatory, where she notably took masterclasses with
Makvala Kasrashvili
Makvala Kasrashvili ( ka, მაყვალა ქასრაშვილი, russian: Маквала Филимоновна Касрашвили, ) is a Georgian opera singer ( soprano).
Born 13 March 1942 (not 15 March 1948, as some sources ...
,
Sergei Leiferkus
Sergei Leiferkus (born 4 April 1946) is an operatic baritone from Russia, known for his dramatic technique and powerful voice particularly in Russian and Italian language repertoire. He is most notable for his roles as Scarpia in ''Tosca'', Ia ...
,
Thomas Quasthoff
Thomas Quasthoff (born 9 November 1959) is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is , and has ...
, and
Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and occasional dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symp ...
.
She was a semi-finalist at the
International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in
Vienna
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in 2007, and a finalist in the
Competizione dell' Opera, held in Dresden, Germany, in 2008. She was awarded the special jury prize at the Francisco Viñas Competition in
Barcelona
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, and at the Tibor Varga Competition in Switzerland in 2009. In October 2009, she joined the
Paris Opera
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's Atelier Lyrique, and subsequently performed with the Paris Opera many times.
Kolosova's breakthrough occurred in 2010 at the
Salzburg Whitsun Festival
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, where she performed
Mozart
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's ''
La Betulia liberata
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'', directed by
Riccardo Muti
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. She has since performed with major orchestras and opera companies around the world, and was a member of the ensemble of the
Vienna State Opera
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from 2011 to 2014. In 2015, she was nominated for the
Warner Music Prize.
[http://warnermusicprize.com/nominee/alisa-kolosova/]
External links
Kolosova's page on the InterMusica websiteBiography on the Medici.tv websiteBiography in Russian
References
Russian mezzo-sopranos
Living people
1987 births
21st-century Russian singers
21st-century Russian women singers
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