Ekaterina Semchuk
Yekaterina Sementschuk ( Russian Екатерина Семенчук ; born on March 24, 1976 in Minsk , Soviet Union ) is a Russian opera singer with a mezzo-soprano voice . Internationally, her name is also given in the English transcription Ekaterina Semenchuk .
life and work
Semchuk studied singing at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg . Her repertoire includes the classic mezzo parts of Italian, French and Russian opera.
Since 2000 she has been a guest at the Salzburg Festival ; she made her debut at the age of 24. Together with the choir and orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater under the direction of Valery Gergiev , she could be heard in concert in three Russian operas: as Polina in Queen of Spades , as a boy in the legend of the invisible city of Kitesch and in 2004 as Sonja in Krieg und Frieden - an the site of Anna Netrebko . In 2013 she took over Princess Eboli in Don Carlo in the Großes Festspielhaus . It staged by Peter Stein , it conducted by Antonio Pappano . For 2015 she was - again together with Netrebko - engaged as Azucena in the Alvis-Hermanis production of Trovatore at the Great House in Salzburg.
After her first performances in Salzburg, an international career developed which led to engagements at numerous renowned opera houses:
- At the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg and at the Edinburgh Festival she was Didone in Les Troyens , it conducted Valery Gergiev .
- At the Metropolitan Opera in New York she sang Marina (in Boris Godunow ), Sonja and Polina.
- At the Los Angeles Opera she was engaged as Fricka in Wagner's Walküre .
- At the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London she took over the role of Olga in Eugene Onegin .
- At the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin she sang Preziosilla (in La forza del destino ) and Polina under the direction of Daniel Barenboim , as well as Amneris.
- At the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia she made her debut as Azucena in Trovatore and also sang the Preziosilla, which was conducted by Zubin Mehta .
- Sementschuk made his debut in the title role of Carmen at the Arena di Verona and also sang Amneris in Aida .
- At the Opera di Roma she took on the title roles in La Gioconda and Samson et Dalila .
- At the Teatro alla Scala in Milano she could be heard in Berlioz ' Roméo et Juliette and as Amneris as well as Azucena in Il trovatore (the latter under the direction of Daniele Rustioni).
- At the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli she sang Azucena and Amneris, with Nicola Luisotti conducting .
- The San Francisco Opera signed her as Frederica in Luisa Miller and as Amneris, again with Luisotti on the podium.
- At the Salzburg Festival 2017 she sang Amneris in Verdi's Aida , conducted by Riccardo Muti (with Anna Netrebko in the title role).
The artist has also appeared in concert and scenic productions in Amsterdam, Bucharest, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Verbier, as well as at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Opéra Bastille in Paris. In between, Sementschuk regularly returns to her parent company, the Marinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, where she was successful in the Verdi roles Amneris, Azucena, Eboli and Preziosilla.
On April 10, 2015 Sementschuk made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Giovanna Seymour in Donizetti's Anna Bolena . Her rival in the opera and the singer in the title role was again Anna Netrebko.
Sementchuk sings in the most important concert halls in the world, mostly with her piano partners Semjon Skigin and Helmut Deutsch : she gave a Shostakovich recital in the Vienna Konzerthaus and Tchaikovsky in London's Wigmore Hall . She toured through Europe and North America. Under Gustavo Dudamel she took over the mezzo part in the Verdi Requiem , under James Conlon she sang the Dvořák Requiem (with the Orchester de Paris ) and Das klagende Lied by Gustav Mahler (with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival ). At the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, conducted by Vasily Petrenko , she performed a vocal part in the cantata Alexander Newski by Sergei Prokofjew . At the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Konzerthaus in Vienna she took on the vocal solo in Berlioz ' La mort de Cléopâtre , conducted by Valery Gergiev . Further appearances have taken her to Carnegie Hall in New York and Suntory Hall in Tokyo.
Sementschuk took over the Amneris in Aida at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 under Riccardo Muti.
Recordings (selection)
- Russian Songs - Larissa Gergieva, Ekaterina Sementchuk (Harmonia Mundi, 2006) with Allmusic (English)
- Oedipus Rex, conducted by Valery Gergiev,
- Sarti Magnificat-Gloria (Mattia Rondelli, Baarbara Frittoli), Sony Classical
- Amneris in Aida , conducted by Antonio Pappano, Warner
On DVD
- Don Carlo (ORF, Salzburg Festival, Pappano),
- Aida (RAI 5, San Carlo, Nicola Luisotti )
- Il Trovatore (RAI 5, La Scala, Daniele Rustioni ).
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Semchuk, Ekaterina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Семенчук, Екатерина (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian opera singer with a mezzo-soprano voice |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Minsk , Soviet Union |