Agunda Kulayeva

Agunda Kulajewa ( Russian Агунда Кулаева , also transcribed Agunda Kulaeva , born on December 29, 1975 in Ordzhonikidze ) is a Russian mezzo-soprano who sings mostly at the Novaya Opera and the Bolshoi in Moscow .

life and work

Kulayeva studied at the Rachmaninov Conservatory in Rostov-on-Don and completed her training as a choir conductor in 2000 , later also as a singer . In 2005 she was at the Galina Vishnevskaya Center for Opera Singing ( Центр оперного пения Галины Вишневской graduated), where they the Siébel in Gounod Faust , the Ljubascha in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride , the Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto and sang some concerts.

The singer made her debut at the Bolshoi Theater in 2005 as Sonja in Prokofiev's War and Peace , but her main theater was the Novaya Opera , where she sings mainly Russian and Italian repertoire. On important roles include Ljubascha , the Olga in Eugene Onegin , Countess, Governess, Milowsor and Polina in The Queen of Spades , the Marina Mniszech in Boris Godunov , as well as the title role in La Cenerentola and the Arsace in Semiramide that Fenena in Nabucco and the flora in La traviata , and the Dalila in Samson et Dalila .

In 2005 she was in a series of concerts to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Berlin , Paris and St. Petersburg . Since then she has also given numerous solo evenings at home and abroad. She is a regular guest at the Novosibirsk Opera , including as Carmen and Konchakovna in Borodin's Prince Igor . In 2012, Kulajewa took on Carmen and Princess Eboli (in Verdi's Don Carlos ) at the Varna Summer Festival , and Amneris (in Verdi's Aida ) at the Bulgarian National Opera in Sofia . In 2013 she sang Antonín Dvořák's Stabat Mater under Vladimir Iwanowitsch Fedosejew and Taneyev's cantata At the Reading of a Psalm , took part in the 5th International Mussorgsky Festival in Tver and in the 4th Star Parade of the Krasnoyarsk Opera . In April 2014, it has appeared with great success as Ljubascha under a Bolshoi guest appearance in concert at the Theater an der Wien , it conducted Gennady Rozhdestvensky .

2009: Third prize at the 14th Boris Christoff International Competition for Young Opera Singers , Bulgaria

personal data
SURNAME	Kulayeva, Agunda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kulaeva, Agunda; Кулаева, Агунда (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian mezzo-soprano
DATE OF BIRTH	December 29, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ordzhonikidze