Soprano
Elena Mikhailenko
Represented by
Represented by
Dmitry Bertman, Stage Director
Mstislav Rostropovich, Music Director
Dan Ettinger, Conductor
Andrei Serban, Stage Director
Dan Ettinger, Conductor
Andrei Serban, Stage Director
Valery Kiryanov, Conductor
Dmitry Bertman, Stage Director
Valery Kiryanov, Conductor
Dmitry Bertman, Stage Director
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Conductor
Dmitry Bertman, Stage Director
Title role in Turandot at New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Santuzza Cavalleria rusticana, title role Turandot, Floria Tosca Tosca, Rosalinde Die Fledermaus at the Helikon Opera in Moscow.
Title roles in Aida at the Bangkok Opera and Ballet Festival, Turandot, Abigaille Nabucco, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana, Rosalinda Die Fledermaus at the Helikon Opera, Katerina Izmailova Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Vienna State Opera, Opera HighLights Concert with the Samara Philharmonic Orchestra, with Italian and Russian repertoire. Title role in Turandot at Helikon Opera in Moscow, at Badisches StaatsTheater Karlsruhe, and at Národní divadlo in Prague; La Gioconda in Malmö and Innsbruck; Abigaille Nabucco in Estonia; Liza Pique Dame at Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf and Duisburg, at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and at Saaremaa Opera Festival in Estonia; Tosca at Teatro Garcia Barbon in Vigo, Spain, Iolanta at Theater an der Wien in Vienna; Amelia Un Ballo in maschera at Birgitta Festival in Tallinn, Estonia and Bangkok.
She has just debuted at Wiener Staatsoper in the role of Katerina Izmailova in the production of "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk". She is really magnificent. Please, find below the latest reviews: Eine bravouröse Staatsopern-Debütantin Elena Mikhailenko strahlt als Katerina mit ihrem dunklen Sopran, viel Expressivität und enormer, allen Dynamikanforderungen locker gewachsenen Stimmkraft.
Musikalisch stimmte an diesem Abend stimmte einfach alles, zumal von der Titelpartie bis hin zur kleinsten Nebenrolle Spitzenleistungen zu hören waren. Elena Mikhailenko gibt eine sinnliche Katerina, die in ihrem Mut und ihrer Selbstbestimmtheit an Carmen erinnert, und in ihrer Ergebenheit – schließlich ist Sergej ihre erste große Liebe – an Desdemona. Der metallische Kern ihrer Stimme ist für die Partie perfekt und durchdringt das Orchester mühelos – eine stupende Darbietung.
Elena Mikhailenko gave a fine account of a mercilessly demanding role which required the full range of her voice from refined pianissimo singing to some near hysteria as Katerina goes through a full gamut of emotions from loneliness, vulnerability, heightened passion to the devastating effects of betrayal.