Dina Nikolaevna Kuznetsova - opera singer (soprano). Since the early 2000s, she has been performing on the stages of the best theaters in the world, including the Metropolitan Opera , the Lyric Opera of Chicago [1] , the Royal Theater of Covent Garden , the Opera of San Francisco [2] , the English National Opera , and the Bolshoi Theater [3] .
| Dina Kuznetsova | |
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| Full name | Dina Nikolaevna Kuznetsova |
| Date of Birth | May 24, 1970 (49 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Moscow |
| A country |  Russia  USA |
| Professions | Opera singer |
| Years of activity | since 1999 |
| Singing voice | soprano |
| Instruments | piano |
| Genres | opera |
| dinakuznetsova.com | |
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Biography and music career
Born in Moscow. Graduated with honors from the Academic College of Music at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in piano. [4] She received her vocal education at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (USA) with her teacher Mary Schiller. She studied vocals with Marilyn Horn at the Music Academy of the West. She completed a training program at the Ryan Opera Center [5] at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
In 2002, Dina Kuznetsova made her debut in the Berlin Staatsoper in the part of Donna Anna in Mozart's “Don Giovanni”. Her stage partners were Rene Pape and Cecilia Bartoli . On the same stage, she sang Adina in Donizetti's Love Drink, where her partner was tenor Rolando Villason .
At the Glyndebourne Opera Festival in 2009, the singer successfully performed the part of Alice Ford in the production of the opera Falstaff J. Verdi (conductor Andrew Davis) [6] , and in 2011 she triumphantly performed the title role in Dvorak’s opera Rusalka (conductor Vladimir Yurovsky) [7] .
At the theater, the Lyric Opera of Chicago performed the main parts [8] in the performances “ The Adventures of a Cheat Fox ” by L. Janacek, “ Rigoletto ” by J. Verdi, “ Romeo and Juliet ” by S. Gounod. She performed the main parts in the Vienna State Opera - in the play “Romeo and Juliet” by S. Gounod, in the Bavarian State Opera - in the production of Handel’s production [9] , in the Royal Theater Covent Garden she performed Lauretta in the opera “ Gianni Schicchi ” [ 10] J. Puccini (conductor Antonio Pappano ).
One of the singer’s most favorite parts is Tatyana in the opera Eugene Onegin by P. I. Tchaikovsky. She performed this part in the Theater of the Lyric Opera of Chicago [11] , where Dmitry Hvorostovsky was her partner, at the Lille Opera (L'Opéra de Lille) [12] , at the Montpellier National Opera [13] , at the Florida Grand Opera [ 14] . In September 2012, she took part in the Grand Festival of the Russian National Orchestra (RNO) in Moscow, playing the part of Tatyana in the concert version of the opera Eugene Onegin, directed by Mikhail Pletnev . [15]
The singer successfully collaborated with the English National Opera. Her performance of the main part in Giaccomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly was highly praised by critics [16] and the public.
In 2015 and 2016 at the Bolshoi Theater she performed the title role in the opera Rodelda [17] by G. F. Handel (co-production of the English National Opera and the Bolshoi Theater). Rodelinda was awarded the Golden Mask 2017 award as the best opera performance [18]
From 2014 to 2017, Dina Kuznetsova participated in the performances of the Municipal Theater of Santiago in Chile under the direction of Konstantin Chudovsky . In this theater, she performed the main roles in the operas Rusalka Dvorak, Katya Kabanova and Yenuf Yanachek.
The singer’s chamber repertoire includes works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Pulenok , Dvorak, Shimanovsky , Shostakovich . The singer often participates in the New York Song Festival [19] and the annual International Chamber Music Festival “Music @ Menlo” [20] in California, USA.
Dina Kuznetsova worked with many prominent conductors of our time, such as: Daniel Barenboim , Antonio Pappano , Vladimir Yurovsky, Gennady Rozhdestvensky , Vasily Sinaisky, Mikhail Pletnev , Vladimir Ashkenazi , Christopher Mulds, Konstantin Chudovsky .
Discography
- Verdi: Falstaff (Glyndebourne, 2009), DVD / Blu-ray, Opus Arte
- The Metropolitan Opera HD Live, 2013. Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
- Verdi & Shakespeare, Falstaff, 2016, DVD / Blu-ray, Opus Arte
- Russia - Eastern Europe I (2004), CD Music @ Menlo Live
- Russia - Eastern Europe II (2004), CD Music @ Menlo Live
- Russia - Eastern Europe III (2004), CD Music @ Menlo Live
- Russian Reflections, Vol. 1, 2016, CD Music @ Menlo Live,
- Russian Reflections, Vol. 4, 2016, CD Music @ Menlo Live
- Dina Kuznetsova on Apple Music
Notes
- ↑ List of singers. History of Lyric Opera of Chicago
- ↑ Paul Duclos . Mozart, The Magic Flute: San Francisco Opera Seen and Heard International, Opera review, 10.31.2007
- ↑ Bolshoi Theater, Dina Kuznetsova as Rodelinda
- ↑ Graduates of the AMU at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky
- ↑ Rayan Opera Center at the Chicago Lyric Opera
- ↑ Mike Reynolds. Verdi: Falstaff, Glyndebourne Festival Opera , MusicalCriticism.com, 12 July 2009
- ↑ Tim Ashley . Rusalka - review, Glyndebourne , The Guardian, 26 July 2011
- ↑ Dina Kuznetsova to Replace Barbara Frittoli in Lyric Opera's Upcoming Eugene Onegin , Opera News, 16 July 2007
- ↑ Dina Kuznetsova at the Bavarian State Opera
- ↑ An interview with the Russian-born soprano Dina Kuznetsova who makes her debut at Covent Garden, Classical Source, March 2007
- ↑ Sergey Elkin . Eugene Onegin at the Lyric Opera , operamusic.ru, April 18, 2008
- ↑ Opera de Lille, Eugene Onegin, January 2010
- ↑ Frank Langlois . Eugène Oneguine à Montpellier , ResMusica, 01.24.2014
- ↑ François Lejeune. Eugene Onegin , Opera News, 28 Jan 2017
- ↑ Mikhail Pletnev presented his own version of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin , TV Culture, September 14, 2012
- ↑ Mark Valencia. Madam Butterfly, English National Opera , www.theartsdesk.com, October 15, 2013
- ↑ Rodelinda at the Bolshoi Theater
- ↑ Rodelinda was awarded the Golden Mask Prize as the best opera performance , TASS, Culture, April 19, 2017
- ↑ New York Festival of Song
- ↑ Artist: Dina Kuznetsova Music @ Menlo