Viktoria Yastrebova

Soprano

• Honoured Artist of the Republic of Northern Osetia-Alania (2006)
• Prize-winner at the International Moniuszko Vocalists' Competition (Warsaw, 2004)
• Prize-winner at the VI International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers' Competition (St Petersburg, 2004)

Born in Rostov on Don. Graduated from the music faculty of the Taganrog Pedagogical Institute and later, in 2000, from the Rostov State Rakhmaninov Conservatoire (Academy) (class of Professor Khudoverdova). Was a soloist with the Rostov Music Theatre, where she performed the roles of Violetta (La traviata) and Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly).
Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2002. With the Mariinsky Opera Company since 2008.

At the Mariinsky Theatre she has performed the following roles:
Maria (Mazepa)
Tatiana (Eugene Onegin)
Iolanta (Iolanta)
Tsaritsa Militrisa (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Corinna (Il viaggio a Reims)
Violetta (La traviata)
Amelia (Simon Boccanegra in concert)
Elisabeth de Valois (Don Carlo)
Nedda (I pagliacci)
Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi)
Micaëla (Carmen)
Elettra (Idomeneo, rè di Creta)
Rosina (Le nozze di Figaro)
Donna Anna (Don Giovanni)
Freia (Das Rheingold)

Frequently gives recitals. Has toured with the Mariinsky Opera Company to Finland (Helsinki), and in 2006 in Rotterdam she performed the soprano role in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony under Valery Gergiev.
Regularly performs with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers. Together with Larisa Gergieva, she has performed in Academy concerts in Geneva, London, Vienna and Paris.
On 3 September 2006, she took part in the charitable requiem concert Beslan... Two Years On in Vladikavkaz.
At the Vladikavkaz Theatre of Opera and Ballet she has appeared as Violetta (La traviata) and Tatiana (Eugene Onegin).

Viktoria Yastrebova was a veritable revelation for Moscow, singing the role of Desdemona with a sense of style that was pliant and which flew into the auditorium in its soprano tones.

Vedomosti


Viktoria Yastrebova (Butterfly) proved to be the finest member of the excellent cast. This young Russian has the voice, the looks and the charisma the part needs – sometimes innocent and lyrical, sometimes powerful and passionately intense. In short: the name Yastrebova is one to remember.

Wiener Zeitung