Elena Pankratova is a Russian soprano, born in
Yekaterinburg. She initially studied conducting and piano before graduating as a singer and actress from the
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...
. In the 2013/14 season she made her
Royal Opera House debut as Barak's Wife in
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...
's ''
Die Frau ohne Schatten'', a role she sang in 2012 at the premiere of the same production at
La Scala
La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...
, Milan. As of 2018, for third year in a row, Pankratova sung as Kundry in ''
Parsifal''.
References
Living people
Russian operatic sopranos
Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni
Musicians from Yekaterinburg
21st-century Russian women opera singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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