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Mezzo Soprano

Oksana Volkova

"... a powerful and a dramatic voice. The beauty of her timbre enchants the most dramatic passages." - Nicolas Mathieu

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Evgeny Volynsky, Conductor
Alexey Stepanyuk, Stage Director

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Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor
Dmitri Tcherniakov, Stage Director

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Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor
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Biography Highlights

 
 

Current & Recent Seasons

Amneris Aida at Dresden Semperoper, the Israeli Opera and Salzburger Landestheater, Matryosha War and Peace at Bayerische Staatsoper, Verdi’s Requiem with Residentie Orkest den Haag, Lyubasha The Tsar's Bride, Lyubava Sadko, Marina Mnishek Boris Godunov at the stage of Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Lyubov Mazeppa with Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana with Zurich Opera*. [* - cancelled]

 
 

Other Engagements

Carmen at the Polish National Opera, NCPA Beijing, Lithuanian National Opera, Verdi’s Requiem at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Marina Mnishek Boris Godunov at the Zurich Opera, debut at the Salzburg Festival as Polina Pique Dame with Mariss Jansons, Sonietka Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Opera de Bastille, Lyubasha The Tsar's Bride and Poulina Pique Dame with Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana at Grand Theatre de Geneve, Giulietta Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Maddalena Rigoletto, Olga Eugene Onegin, Sonietka Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, all with Metropolitan Opera, Olga Eugene Onegin at State Opera Hamburg and ROH Covent Garden London, Amneris Aida at Bolshoi Theatre Belarus, Preziosilla La Forza del Destino with Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Lola Cavalleria Rusticana at Teatro alla Scala Milano, Carmen at Bolshoi Theatre Moscow.

 
 

Discography

Volkova collaborates with the most prominent conductors of our time, such as Vassily Sinaisky, Valery Gergiev, Mariss Jansons and Carlo Rizzi. Her discography features Rigoletto and Eugene Onegin (DVD) with the Metropolitan Opera on Deutsche Grammophon, The Queen of Spades on BR Klassik (CD) and Rigoletto (CD) with Dmitri Hvorostovsky, released by Delos.

 
 

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Oksana Volkova, Mezzo Soprano
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Discography

Oksana in VERDI: RIGOLETTO – LIVE

VERDI: RIGOLETTO – LIVE

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, MAY 2013 Michele Mariotti, Michael Mayer, Piotr Beczala, Zeljko Lucic, Diana Damrau, Stefan Kocan, The Metropolitan Opera...

Oksana in TCHAIKOVSKY: PIQUE DAME

TCHAIKOVSKY: PIQUE DAME

BR KLASSIK, AUGUST 2015 Mariss Jansons, Misha Didyk, Tatiana Serjan, Larissa Diadkova, Alexey Shishlyaev, Alexey Markov Chor and Symphonieorchester...

Oksana in TCHAIKOVSKY: EUGENE ONEGIN LIVE

TCHAIKOVSKY: EUGENE ONEGIN LIVE

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON, MARCH 2014 Valery Gergiev, Anna Netrebko, Mariusz Kwiecien, Piotr Beczala, Larissa Diadkova, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra,...

Oksana in VERDI: RIGOLETTO

VERDI: RIGOLETTO

DELOS, DECEMBER 2017 Constantine Orbelian, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Nadine Sierra, Francesco Demuro, Andrea Mastroni, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra

Oksana in Poison D’Amour

Poison D’Amour

DELOS, MARCH 2021 Oksana Volkova, Constantine Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra

 

Reviews & Press

 
 

Prokofiev - War and Peace - Matriosha

It is impossible not to mention the marvellous work of Oksana Volkova in the role of Matryosha: despite the compactness of the vocal part, the singer turns this small role into her own benefit with her artistic charisma alone. Incredible in its power of mastery!
 

- Alexander Kurmachev , belcanto.ru

Semperoper Dresden - Verdi - Aida - Amneris

Of the three protagonists, Belarusian Oksana Volkova (Amneris) made the greatest impression. The dark hues of her mellow mezzo never lost resonance and her recitative opening Act 4 radiated a splendid mix of passion and internal torment. The duet between Francesco Meli’s Radamès and Volkova, also in Act 4, expressing their conflicting love interests, conveyed some of the most beautiful moments of this performance.
 

- Zoltán Szabó, , Bachtrack

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Zurich Opera - Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov - Marina Mniszech

Grigori und die Marina von Oksana Volkova bilden ein hervorragendes Zweckpaar und akzentuieren die nötige Doppelbödigkeit ihres scheinheiligen Liebesgeturtels
 

- Bernd Künzig , BR-Klassik

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Oksana Volkova bleibt denn auch den Mazurkarhythmen und den mit der gebotenen Falschheit vorgetragenen Liebesschwüren im Duett mit dem Prätendenten Dimitri nichts an slawischer Farbgebung des Tons schuldig. Einschmeichelnd und verführerisch klingt ihre warme, mit dem richtigen Quäntchen an Erotik aufgeladene Stimme. 
 

- Kaspar Sannemann , Oper Aktuell

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Oper Graz - Verdi - Don Carlos - Princess Eboli

Oksana Volkova mit Temperament und dunkel-glühender Stimme eine gefährliche Eboli war.
 

Salzburger Nachrichten

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Intriganten Charme verkörperte Oksana Volkova, deren Prinzessin Eboli als einzige der Figuren nicht am Rande des Wahnsinns schrammte, sondern dem höfischen Zeremoniell jugendliche Frische und Lebenslust verlieh. So versprühte die Schleierarie dann auch viel Esprit; ihren dunkel schimmernden Mezzo konnte sie naturgemäß später bei „O don fatale“ noch effektvoller einsetzen. Diese Chance packte Volkova dann auch beim Schopf und sorgte mit voller Tiefe, strahlenden Spitzentönen und pointierter Attacke für euphorischen Szenenapplaus.
 

- Isabella Steppan , Bachtrack

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Salzburg Festival - Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame - Polina

Oksana Volkova offered warm plum tones as Polina. 
 

- Mark Pullinger , Bachtrack

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Salzburg Festival - Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame - Polina

Oksana Volkova mette nella spensieratezza di Polina tutta l’energia e la giovanile impertinenza che appartengono alla nota più lieve dell’opera, ma caricandola (eccessivamente) anche della sua solida consapevolezza vocale e scenica.
 

- Rossana Paliaga , Operaclick

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Salzburg Festival - Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame - Polina

Le timbre enveloppant et toutefois doté d’un aigu facile du mezzo Oksana Volkova met à l’honneur la partie de l’amie Pauline
 

Anaclase

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Paris Opera Bastille - Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Sonyetka

Sonietka trouve en Oksana Volkova la densité de beaux graves sensuels 
 

- Steeve Boscardin , ResMusica

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Paris Opera Bastille - Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Sonyetka

Oksana Volkova was een voortreffelijke, donker getimbreerde Sonjetka
 

Leidmotief

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Paris Opera Bastille - Shostakovich - Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Sonyetka

Oksana Volkova brillierte im vierten Akt als Sonjetka. 
 

- Waldemar Kamer , Das Opernmagazin

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