Update 08/2005

 

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MARIANNA TARASOVA, mezzosoprano

Born in St.Petersburg Marianna Tarasova graduated from the local conservatory and took Master classes with Galina Vishnevskaia. She won many prizes in international competitions, including first prizes in the International Dvorak Competition in Karlsbad (1990), the Maria Caniglia Competition in Italy (1992) and the ARD competition in Munich (1993).

In 1993 Valery Gergiev invited her to join the Mariinsky Theatre. She has toured extensively with the company performing leading roles, particularly Carmen, Preziozilla, Amneris, Konchakovna (Prince Igor) and Liubov (Mazeppa).

Marianna Tarasova has collaborated with such conductors as James Levine, Claudio Abbado, Mariss Janssons, Yuri Temirkanov, Antonio Pappano, Vladimir Jurowsky, James Conlon, Simone Young, Semen Bytchkov, Fabio Luisi and such directors as Elijah Moshinsky and Francesca Zambello.  She has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden, Salzburg Festival, La Scala, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Netherlands Opera, Monte-Carlo Opera, Graz Opera.

A busy concert singer and recitalist, Marianna Tarasova has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Abbado in Berlin, Salzburg, Paris and in Japan, with London Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, the Russian National Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic and San-Francisco Symphony.

Recordings are available on Philips Classics (Rimski Korsakov’s “Sadko” with Kirov Opera), excerpts from Mussorgsgy’s Khovanshchina with the Berlin Philharmonic and Claudio Abbado on Sony Classics, as well as Shostakovich's complete compositions for mezzo-soprano with BBC.

Recent and upcoming performances include Boris Godunov in Mannheim, Rusalka at the Israel Opera, Aida in Tallinn, the opening of the new festival “Baltic Seasons” with the St Petersburg Philharmonic, Khovanschina at the Finnish National Opera, Cavalleria Rusticana at the Welsh National Opera and Samson et Dalila at the Israel Opera.

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