Olga Markova-Mikhailenko (Mezzo soprano) Mezzo-soprano
Prize-winner at the International Lysenko Competition (Kiev, 1988).
Graduated from the Kiev Conservatoire in 1989 and then joined the Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Company in Kiev.
Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 1990.
Repertoire includes:
Vanya (Ivan Susanin),
Naina, Ratmir (Ruslan and Lyudmila),
Hostess of the inn, the Old Nurse (Boris Godunov),
Konchakovna, Yaroslavna?s Nurse (Prince Igor),
Filippevna (Eugene Onegin),
Vlasievna (The Maid of Pskov),
Nezhata (Sadko),
Dunyasha (The Tsar?s Bride),
The Countess (The Queen of Spades),
Death (Le Rossignol),
Blanche (The Gambler),
Mother Superior (The Fiery Angel),
Duenna (Betrothal in a Monastery),
Matresha (War and Peace, co-production with the Opera House Covent Garden),
An elderly lady (The Nose),
Emilia (Otello),
Mary (Der fliegende Hollander).
Has toured with the Mariinsky Opera to Spain, Germany, Italy, the Edinburgh Festival, the United States, France, Belgium, and Japan.
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