Anna Markarova’s Lady Macbeth

Critics have commented on the “massive and dark” timbre and the rare broadness of Markarova’s range as well as the “consistency of her performing style”. Her vocal merits have received particular praise from renowned musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who attended a concert at which the singer performed.

The passionate and heroic female images drawn by Fate itself into tragic collisions reveal to perfection the rich lyrical and dramatic potential of this singer, who has a vivid stage presence. It is characters from operas by Verdi that suit her best, ones that combine love and hate; sincere emotions and social prejudices are brought to the very front of the stage and, as a rule, powerful women are at the very heart of the plot. The legacy of the great Italian opera composer is represented in Markarova’s repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre by such key characters as the freedom-loving Aida (Aida), Amelia, crushed by destiny (Un ballo in maschera), the fearless Roman woman Odabella (Attila) and Leonora, the noble prisoner of Fate (La forza del destino).