Vasilisa Mikhailovna Bershanskaya

Wassilissa Michailowna Berschanskaja ( Russian Василиса Михайловна Бержанская , common English transcription Vasilisa Berzhanskaya ; * 1993 in Essentuki ) is a Russian opera singer with a mezzo-soprano voice .

biography

Vasilissa Berschanskaja began her studies in the singing class of the Stavropol State Conservatory and continued it at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow with Ruzanna Lisitsian. From 2015 to 2017 she took part in the Young Artist Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theater , where she performed, among other things, Despina in Così fan tutte . In 2017 she sang the role of Frau Pfeil in the children's version of as part of the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival The acting director . She has been a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble since the 2017/18 season .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)
Debut in	role	stage
2016-12	Despina ( Così fan tutte )	Bolshoi Theater , Moscow
2017-08	Flora Bervoix ( La traviata )	German Opera Berlin
2017-09	Rosina ( Il barbiere di Siviglia )	Michailowsky Theater , St. Petersburg Deutsche Oper Berlin, since October 2017
2017-12	Angelina ( La cenerentola )	Theater Basel
2018-06	Siébel ( Faust, Gounod )	German Opera Berlin
2018-09	Fenena ( Nabucco )	German Opera Berlin
2019-08	Diana ( Orpheus in the Underworld )	Salzburg Festival
2020–01	Romeo ( I Capuleti ei Montecchi )	Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Prizes and awards

1st prize and audience prize at the 9th European singing competition DEBUT in Weikersheim / Bad Mergentheim (2018)
3rd prize at the Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition , Vercelli (2018)

Web links

Vasilisa Berzhanskaya at Operabase (engagements and dates)
Agency profile

Individual evidence

↑ BIOGRAPHY Vasilisa Berzhanskaya. In: Salzburg Festival. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
↑ Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Biography and Schedule). Deutsche Oper Berlin, accessed on October 13, 2018 .
↑ Yehya Alazem: Laughter After the Storm. In: Classic enthusiasts. October 9, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 .
↑ Georg Rudiger: One cog interlocks. Antonio Latella will direct and Daniele Squeo will conduct Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" at Theater Basel. In: Badische Zeitung. December 19, 2017, accessed October 13, 2018 .
^ Regine Neudert: Deutsche Oper Berlin: Faust as an unscrupulous seducer. In: Classic enthusiasts. June 27, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
↑ Gabriel Pech: Exciting to boring - Nabucco in the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In: Classic enthusiasts. September 13, 2018, accessed October 13, 2018 .
^ Salzburg Festival: Yes, we cancan in "Orphee". In: Salzburger Nachrichten. August 14, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 .
↑ Marina Valensise: I Capuleti e I Montecchi à Rome, le bel canto de Bellini par Daniele Gatti. In: Res Musica. January 30, 2020, accessed February 1, 2020 (French).
↑ Vasilisa Berzhanskaya wins the Golden Victoria and the Hearts of the Audience. In: Debut Concerts. September 30, 2018, accessed October 13, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bershanskaya, Vasilisa Mikhailovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Бержанская, Василиса Михайловна (Russian); Berzhanskaya, Vasilisa (English transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH	1993
PLACE OF BIRTH	Essentuki

[1] BIOGRAPHY Vasilisa Berzhanskaya. In: Salzburg Festival. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .

[2] Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Biography and Schedule). Deutsche Oper Berlin, accessed on October 13, 2018 .

[3] Yehya Alazem: Laughter After the Storm. In: Classic enthusiasts. October 9, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 .

[4] Georg Rudiger: One cog interlocks. Antonio Latella will direct and Daniele Squeo will conduct Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" at Theater Basel. In: Badische Zeitung. December 19, 2017, accessed October 13, 2018 .

[5] Regine Neudert: Deutsche Oper Berlin: Faust as an unscrupulous seducer. In: Classic enthusiasts. June 27, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .

[6] Gabriel Pech: Exciting to boring - Nabucco in the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In: Classic enthusiasts. September 13, 2018, accessed October 13, 2018 .

[7] Salzburg Festival: Yes, we cancan in "Orphee". In: Salzburger Nachrichten. August 14, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 .

[8] Marina Valensise: I Capuleti e I Montecchi à Rome, le bel canto de Bellini par Daniele Gatti. In: Res Musica. January 30, 2020, accessed February 1, 2020 (French).

[9] Vasilisa Berzhanskaya wins the Golden Victoria and the Hearts of the Audience. In: Debut Concerts. September 30, 2018, accessed October 13, 2018 .