Mezzo Soprano, Alto
Ekaterina Vorontsova
Represented by
Represented by
Anton Grishanin, Conductor
Olga Ivanova, Stage Director
Anton Grishanin, Conductor
Olga Ivanova, Stage Director
Alexei Vereshchagin, Conductor
Floris Visser, Stage Director
Evelino Pidò, Conductor
Pablo Maritano, Stage Director
Evelino Pidò, Conductor
Pablo Maritano, Stage Director
Evelino Pidò, Conductor
Pablo Maritano, Stage Director
Debut at the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, title role in Ariodante at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia and Bolshoi Theatre Moscow; Helene Bezukhova War and peace, Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Dido Dido and Aeneas, Dorabella Così fan tutte, Cherubino Le Nozze di Figaro, Fyodor Boris Godunov, Zerlina Don Giovanni, Beatrice Beatrice et Benedict, Marchesa Melibea Il Viaggio a Reims at Bolshoi Theatre Moscow.
Tchaikovsky - Oprichnik - Morozova’s aria
Tchaikovsky - Oprichnik - Morozova’s aria
Gounod - Sapho- Sapho’s aria
Gounod - Sapho- Sapho’s aria
Ekaterina Vorontsova as Dido
Ekaterina Vorontsova as Dido
Rosina's Aria 'Una Voce Poco Fa' from Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Rosina's Aria 'Una Voce Poco Fa' from Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Donizetti - Anna Bolena - Giovanna’s aria
Donizetti - Anna Bolena - Giovanna’s aria
Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana - Santuzza’s aria
Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana - Santuzza’s aria
Offenbach - La Duchesse de Gerolstein
Offenbach - La Duchesse de Gerolstein
Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Vorontsova fulfilled her role exceptionally well. She has a powerful voice rich in nuances with good legato and vocal line, which served her well in developing her character from her first appearance in Capellio's palace in the aria “Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio”, through the cabaletta “La tremenda ultrice spada” and the duets with Giulietta in the arias “Si, fuggire: a noi non resta” and “Ah! Crudel, d’onor ragioni”, to her confrontation with her family in the aria “Vieni, vieni e in me riposa”, culminating in the stretta marking the couple's separation in the aria “Se ogni speme è a noi rapita”. As well as the aforementioned duets with the tenor in Act 2, she also shone in the tomb scene ("Deh! Tu, bell'anima") and the final duet with Giulietta ("Vivi... Vivi... e vien talora"). The cast received thunderous applause at the end of the performance.
Ekaterina Vorontsova: a Romeo of noble musicality. Her ornamentation was perfectly adequate; she never resorted to gratuitous displays. Dramatically, she portrayed Romeo as restrained and introspective, with a noble humanity. The grand tomb scene encapsulated all these qualities, constituting one of the performance's most intense moments.
Ekaterina Vorontsova has a very beautiful timbre and a technical and dramatic quality that at some point reached awe with a sublime interpretation of Scherza, infida. Her interpretation had a great vocal level, without any problem in the coloraturas.
Ekaterina Vorontsova sang brilliantly; she went from the euphoria of love to the heroism of duty, passing through the despair of disappointment and the pain of betrayal. Her powerful voice expressed all these affects with great taste, and she solved the innumerable technical difficulties without apparent effort.