Venera Gimadieva
Venera Gimadieva | |
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| Born | 28 May 1984 |
| Occupation | Opera singer (soprano) |
| Awards | 2010 - International Shalyapin Competition, First Prize, 2014 - Golden Mask, the Best Female Role in Opera (La sonnambula), 2015 - Paris Opera Competition, Second Prize |
| Website | www |
Venera Gimadieva (Russian: Венера Гимадиева, born 28 May 1984) is a Russian operatic soprano. She is invited to the opera houses around the world as one of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation.[1]
Early life and training
Venera was born in Kazan in Tatarstan to the family of a teacher and a military officer. Having graduated from Kazan Music College in 2003, Venera started her training in the St Petersburg State Conservatoire in the opera class of professor S. Gorenkova.
In 2008-2009 she was the soloists of St Petersburg Opera under the direction of Yuri Alexandrov. She performed her first major roles as Lucia in Lucia Di Lammermoor, Gilda in Rigoletto, Lucrecia in The Rape of Lucrecia. In 2009 Venera was invited to be part of the Young Artist Programme at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.
Career
Venera Gimadieva joined the Bolshoi theatre as a soloist in 2011. Her roles at the Bolshoi have included Gilda Rigoletto, Marfa The Tsar’s Bride, Ksenia Boris Godunov, Amina in a new production of La Sonnambula, Violetta in a new production of La traviata[2] by Francesca Zambello, the title role of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow-Maiden, the Queen of Shemakha in a new production[3] of The Golden Cockerel by Kirill Serebrennikov and conducted by Vassily Sinaisky, Sirin in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and Maiden Fevronia, and Serpina in Pergolesi’s La serva padrona. Concert performances in Moscow include Brahms’s Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Russian National Orchestra conducted by Mikhail Pletnev at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.
She has performed the role of Violetta in Verdi's La traviata at opera houses in France, Germany and Italy, including for her debut at La Fenice, Venice. She sang Violetta for her debut at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, UK in July 2014, in Tom Cairns's production[4] conducted by sir Mark Elder. This critically acclaimed[5] appearance followed her successful UK debut[6] at the 2013 BBC Proms, when she sang with the John Wilson Orchestra in a televised performance. Roles in 2013-2014 season also included Venera’s first Juliette[7] in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette opposite Juan Diego Flórez’s first Roméo in Lima, Peru, and the title roles of Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) and Manon (Massenet).
The 2015-16 season saw Gimadieva sing Violetta for both her debut[8] at the Royal Opera House,[9] Covent Garden, and her USA debut at the Hollywood Bowl with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra. She also sings the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor in Limoges, Rheims and Rouen; Giulietta I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; and Elvira, I puritani[10],at the Teatro Real Madrid, where she also sang Violetta in the acclaimed David McVicar's production[11] of La traviata.
Debuts
- 2012 - Hungarian State Opera House (Violetta)
- 2013 - Savonlinna Opera Festival (Violetta); BBC Proms Royal Albert Hall, London
- 2014 - La Fenice, Venice (Violetta); Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Violetta) with Mark Elder; Opera Bastille, Paris (Violetta); VII Festival Granda, Lima, Peru (Juliette) with Juan Diego Florez
- 2015 - Teatro Real, Madrid (Violetta); Hollywood Bowl, US (Violetta); AIDS Gala Deutsche Oper Berlin
- 2016 - Royal Opera House, London (Violetta); Semperoper Dresden (Violetta); La Monnaie Brussels (Tsariza Shemakha)
- 2017- Zurich Opera House (Lucia) with Nello Santi
Recordings and Awards
- 2008 - Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition, St Petersburg
- 2009 - Competizione dell’Opera, Dresden
- 2011 - Prize for Young Cultural Professionals by the President of Russian Federation
- 2010 - International Shalyapin Competition, First Prize
- 2013 - Golden Mask, the Best Female Role in Opera nomination (The Golden Cockerel, Kirill Serebrennikov)
- 2014 - Golden Mask, the Best Female Role in Opera (La sonnambula)
- 2015 - Paris Opera Competition, Second Prize
VERDI, G.: Traviata (La) (Glyndebourne, 2014) (NTSC), Opus Arte
VERDI, G.: Traviata (La) (Glyndebourne, 2014) (Blu-ray, HD), Opus Arte
References
- ^ Clements, Andrew (18 July 2014). "La Traviata review – Venera Gimadieva is thrilling in this elegant update". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "06 May 2016 (Fri), 19:00 - Giuseppe Verdi "Traviata" (Opera in two acts) (Opera) - World famous Bolshoi Ballet and Opera theatre (established 1776) - Marvellous Main (Historic) Stage - BolshoiMoscow.com". www.bolshoimoscow.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Lavish 'Golden Cockerel' Satirizes Those in Power". Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Pritchard, Stephen (2014-07-19). "La traviata; Gloria: A Pigtale – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "La Traviata, Glyndebourne, review: 'exquisitely conducted'". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Prom 59: Hollywood Rhapsody Prom - Prom 59: Hollywood Rhapsody Prom". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Flórez y Gimadieva debutan Romeo y Julieta". Camello Parlante. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Hartson, William (2016-01-21). "Review: La Traviata at the Royal Opera House". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "Venera Gimadieva — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ "I Puritani en Teatro Real, segundo reparto | by Bachtrack for classical music, opera, ballet and dance event reviews". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Codalario. "Crítica: Nucci protagoniza'La traviata' de Verdi en el Teatro Real de Madrid" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-28.