Maria Markina

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Maria Markina (left) as Flora Bervoix in La traviata at the Hamburg State Opera (2013)

Maria Markina ( Russian Мария Маркина , * 1981 in Moscow ) is a Russian opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ). After stints in Moscow and Houston, she was engaged at the Hamburg State Opera from 2009 to 2015 and has since worked at the Mannheim National Theater.

Life

Maria Markina studied singing at the Russian Academy of Theater Arts in Moscow, where she graduated in 2004. Until 2006 she worked as a soloist at the Moscow New Opera .

In 2006 she won first prize at the Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers in Houston , and was then a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio until 2009 . In the 2009/2010 season Markina moved to Hamburg , where she was initially promoted as a member of the International Opera Studio. From 2010 she was then permanently engaged as a soloist at the Hamburg State Opera until she moved to the Nationaltheater Mannheim in summer 2015. Markina is married to the Russian sculptor Alexej Markin and has one child.

Her repertoire includes the roles of Bradamante in Alcina and Diana in Iphigénie en Tauride , the title role in La Cenerentola , Lola in Cavalleria rusticana , Flora Bervoix in La traviata and Zaida in Il turco in Italia . There is also the Russian repertoire, including Olga in Eugene Onegin , Polina in Queen of Spades and Dunjascha in the Tsar's Bride , and the trouser roles common for a mezzo-soprano, including Cherubino in Figaro's Wedding , Hansel in Hansel and Gretel and Siebel in Gounod's Faust .

Web links

Commons : Maria Markina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Brief profile of Maria Markina ( memento from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the Hamburg State Opera website . (Accessed August 9, 2015.)
  2. ↑ Houston Grand Opera Studio alumna Maria Markina ( Memento of 6 July 2010 at the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Houston Grand Opera . (Retrieved February 22, 2011.)
  3. ↑ Maria Markina, mezzo-soprano ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Körber Foundation . (Retrieved February 22, 2011.) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.koerber-stiftung.de
  4. ^ Allan Turner: Police raid unnerves innocent family . In: Houston Chronicle, March 27, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Markina, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Маркина, Мария (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow