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Maria Veretenina is an Estonian dramatic coloratura soprano opera singer.[1]

Early life

She was born in Tallinn. Veretenina graduated in 2010 from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.[2]

Career

In 2011 she made her opera debut at Finnish National Opera.[2] She performed with bass Matti Salminen. In 2019, Maria gave a sold-out solo concert at the Mariinsky Theatre’s new stage in the main Concert Hall in St Petersburg. At age 19, Maria began a series of thousands of solo concerts throughout the world including the Grand Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia, the Chamber Opera in Vienna, the Royal College of Music and St. John’s Smith Square in London, Zaragoza Concert Hall and in Estonia, the opera and Estonia concert halls in Tallinn. She appears on Estonian radio and television, and sang for his Magesty King Charles III (then HRH The Prince of Wales) and the Royal Family (2016, London). Maria perfromed for the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis in London, in 2017.[1]

Awards

  • 2006: 1st prize at Hendrik Krumm Young Singers Contest in Kuressaare (Estonia)
  • 2006: 1st prize at International Isabella Yurieva Competition of Russian Romance Singers in Tallinn
  • 2009: 3rd prize at Klaudia Taev Competition in Pärnu
  • 2018: 1st prize at festival-competition European Romance in Hamburg

Opera roles

Handel

Mozart

Donizetti

Bellini

Rossini

Offenbach

Puccini

Verdi

Rimsky-Korsakov

Mussorgsky

Tchaikovsky

Bach

References

  1. ^ a b "Maria Veretenina". interpreet.ee. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Maria Veretenina". Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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