Lena Belkina (born 27 November 1987) is a Ukrainian

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

Career

Belkina studied at the Kyiv and Leipzig conservatories. From 2009 to 2012, she was a member of the

Leipzig Opera The Leipzig Opera (in German: ) is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig's district Mitte, Germany. History Performances of opera in Leipzig trace back to Singspi ...

, where she worked with P. Konwitschny in '' Eugene Onegin'' and '' Elektra'' and as Flora in ''

La traviata ''La traviata'' (; ''The Fallen Woman'') is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on ''La Dame aux camélias'' (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ''fils'' adapted from his own 18 ...

'' and Zaida in ''

Il turco in Italia ''Il turco in Italia'' (English: ''The Turk in Italy'') is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The Italian-language libretto was written by Felice Romani. It was a re-working of a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà set as an opera (w ...

''. In 2010, she sang the opening concert of the Handel Festival Halle and made her debut at the Konzerthaus, Vienna in Meyerbeer's ''

Emma di Resburgo ''Emma di Resburgo'' (Emma of Roxburgh) is a melodramma ''eroico'' (a heroic, serious opera) in two acts by Giacomo Meyerbeer. It was the composer's sixth opera and the third that he wrote for an Italian theatre. The libretto in Italian by Gaetan ...

''. As part of the YSP 2010,

Salzburg Festival The Salzburg Festival (german: Salzburger Festspiele) is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amad ...

, during ''Orfeo'', she worked together with conductors such as Riccardo Muti and Ivor Bolton. Under

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she sang Olga in a UNITEL recording of ''Eugene Onegin'' at the

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, Valencia, and sang at oratorios and recitals in Leipzig, Frankfurt, Munich and Kyiv. At the Vienna State Opera, she debuted in October 2011 as Second Lady in ''

The Magic Flute ''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that inclu ...

''. At the

Deutsche Oper am Rhein The Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera on the Rhine) is an opera company based in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. The opera also has an associated classical ballet company. Axel Kober has been its Music Director since 2009. The resident orchestra, th ...

in 2011 she stood for Rosina in the new production of '' Il barbiere di Siviglia''. In June 2012, she sang as Angelina Gianluigi Gelmetti in Mondovision's live filming of '' La Cenerentola'', which was recently awarded with the 64th Prix Italia. In November 2012, she was heard in G. Mahler's ''

Kindertotenlieder (''Songs on the Death of Children'') is a song cycle (1904) for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler. The words of the songs are poems by Friedrich Rückert. Text and music The original were a group of 428 poems written by Rückert in 1833– ...

'' at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under the direction of

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, live on

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. As a member of the Vienna State Opera, she appeared from September 2012 in the following roles: Cherubino, Flora, Polina, and Daphnis during the last season.

Discography

Audio CDs

* ''Dolci Momenti / Belcanto Arias'' (Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti). Lena Belkina,

Münchner Rundfunkorchester The Munich Radio Orchestra (German: ''Münchner Rundfunkorchester'') is a German symphony broadcast orchestra based in Munich. It is one of the two orchestras affiliated with the Bavarian Radio (Bayerischer Rundfunk), the other being the Bavarian ...

, Alessandro De Marchi (conductor). Sony Classical, June 2015. *

Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...

, ''Emma di Resburgo''. Complete recording with

Simone Kermes Simone Kermes (born 17 May 1965, in Leipzig) is a German coloratura soprano, especially known for her virtuoso voice, suited to the opera seria genre of the Baroque and early Classical period. Career Kermes has performed at many importa ...

, Vivica Genaux, Lena Belkina, Thomas Walker, Manfred Hemm, Martin Vanberg, Wiener Singakademie, moderntimes_1800, conductor: Andreas Stoehr. Newplay Classical Recordings, October 2015. * ''Classic Vienna'', Arias by Mozart, Gluck and Haydn. ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Andrea Sanguineti (conductor). Sony Classical, June 2017. *''Passion For Ukraine'' folksongs and songs by Gregory Alchevskiy, Kyrylo Stetsenko, Mykhailo Zherbin and

Illia Razumeiko Illia Razumeiko (Разумейко Ілля Костянтинович, born 1989 in Zaporizhia) is a Ukrainian composer and member of Ukraine's Opera Aperta project. Many of his best-known compositions are collaborations with fellow composer R ...

: Vocalise-Prelude Lena Belkina, Violina Petrychenko. Solo Musica SM418 18th Nov 2022

DVD/BluRay

* Tschaikowski, '' Eugene Onegin,'' Lena Belkina as Olga, mit

Kristīne Opolais Kristīne Opolais (born 12 November 1979) is a Latvian operatic soprano. Biography Opolais was born in Rēzekne, Latvia, and studied at the Latvian Academy of Music. Opolais started her career as a member of the chorus with Latvian National Oper ...

, Artur Ruciński, Dmitry Korchak,

Günther Groissböck Günther Groissböck (born 24 September 1976) is an Austrian operatic bass. Anthony Tommasini, chief classical music critic for ''The New York Times'', described Groissböck's "imposing and good-looking" portrayal of Baron Ochs in ''Der Rosenkaval ...

, Valencia 2012. Unitel Classica. * Rossini, ''

Aureliano in Palmira ''Aureliano in Palmira'' is an operatic ''dramma serio'' in two acts written by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto in which the librettist was credited only by the initials "G. F. R." The libretto has generally been attributed to ...

,'' Lena Belkina as Arsace. Live recording of Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro 2014;

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(director). Arthaus, 2014

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Belkina, Lena Operatic mezzo-sopranos Living people 1987 births 21st-century Ukrainian women opera singers University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni