Soprano
Canadian/Ukranian soprano Anna Shafajinskaia gained international recognition when she was invited to appear as Tosca opposite Luciano Pavarotti, as a result of her winning the 5th Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition; Winner of 14 National & International Vocal Competitions. The winner of the Best Debut Artist Award at NYCO. Nominated for Maria Callas Award in Dallas.
Anna graduated The Gnesin´s Academy of Music in Moscow, Russia.
Anna Shafajinskaia has emerged as one of the most important young dramatic soprano of our time. Her debut in "TURANDOT" with WNO was called "A sensation" (Rodney Milnes "The Times", "Opera") and her Princess Turandot at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, being praised as "reminiscent of Callas" (Matthew Connolly "The Times") "She sings with great assurance and truly imperious quality that few achieve" ("Opera" magazine, London/UK)
Career highlights: Gioconda (La Gioconda) – Deutsche Oper (Berlin). Lisa (The Queen of Spades) – Dallas (USA); Finnish National Opera (Helsinki). Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) – Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow); Teatro Massimo (Palermo); Teatro Comunale (Florence). Toska (Tosca) – Opera National de Paris; New York City Opera; Finnish National Opera; Regensburg Theatre (Germany); Den Norske Opera (Norway), as well as with L. Pavarotti in Philadelphia (USA). Turandot (Turandot) – The Royal Opera House Covent Garden (London); Semperoper (Dresden); Gran Teatro del Liceu (Barselona); Opera National de Montpellier (France); Nacionale Operas of Mexico City, San Diego, Dallas, New Orleans, Maiami, Columbus; Opera Festival of New Jersey (USA); Nederlandse Opera (Amsterdam); Royal Opera de Wallonie (Belgium); Welsh National Opera (U.K.); Opera de Montreal (Canada); Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow). Aida (Aida) – the Opera Ontario (Canada); Maddalena (Andrea Chenier) – Den Norske Opera; The Princess (Rusalka), Lubava (Sadko) with the Opera in Concert Company (Toronto); Musetta (La bohéme) – Centuries Opera (Toronto,Canada); Nedda (Il Pagliacci in concert) with London´s Symphony (Canada); Fiora (L´amoure dei tre re) – at Amsterdam´s Concertgebouw; Fata Morgana (L´Amour des trois oranges) – Nederlandse Opera. Verdi´s Requiem – Bach to Bartok Festival (Italy); Britten´s War Requiem – Porto, Lisbon (Portugal).
Gala recital: Toronto (Canada); Odense (Denmark); Belgrade (Yugoslavia); Athens (Greece); Durban (South Africa).
Upcoming engagements:
Turandot (Turandot) – Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg); The Festival in Las Palmas;
Leonora (La forza del destino) – New National Theatre (Tokyo).
Tosca (Tosca), Leonora (La forza del destino) – Deutsche Oper Berlin
Gioconda (La Gioconda) – Opera de Nice (France); Royal Opera de Wallonie (Belgium) and Teatro Colon (Büenos Aires).
Abigaille (Nabucco) – Dallas (USA).
Desdemona (Otello) – Nacional Opera in Mexico City.
Maestri: Edoardo Muller; Marco Armiliato; Richardo Chailly; Carlo Rizzi; Marcello Viotti; Fabio Luisi; Paolo Olmi; Marcello Panni; Gabriele Ferro; Daniel Lipton; Julian Smith; Graeme Jenkins; Steven Mosteller; Friedrich Pleyer; Alessandro Siciliani; Francesco Corti; Robert Lyall; Eve Queler; Omri Hadari; Audrey Boreyko; Sergey Ponkin; Alexander Vedernikov; Giuliano Carella: George Manaham: Friedemann Layer: Muhai Tang; Yannick Nezet-Seguin; Stephan Denev.
Her partners on stage were: Louis Quilico; Luciano Pavarotti; Giuseppe Giacomini;
Vladimir Galouzin; Larisa Diadkova; Sergey Larin; Vladimir Tchernov; Vassily Gerello; Alberto Cupido; Salvadore Fizichella; Dennis O´Neill; Allan Monk; Cesar Hernandes;
Richard Margison; Jan Storey; Franco Farina; Carlo Guelfi; Lucio Gallo; Roberto Scandiuzzi; Robert Lloyd; Marcello Giordani; Dario Volonte; Francisco Casanova; Antonio Nagore; Carl Tanner; Walter Fraccaro; Renzo Zulian; Vladimir Kuzmenko; Viktor Lutsiuk; Raimo Laukka; Badry Maisuradze; Wilard White.
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