She completed her studies at the faculty of music theatre of The State Institute of the Performing Arts (GITIS — today the Russian Academy of the Performing Arts), in Vladislav Pyavko’s class.
From 1986-88, she was a probationer at the Bolshoi Theatre Opera Company.
Today she appears at the Bolshoi Theatre as guest soloist.
Repertoire
Her Bolshoi Theatre repertoire includes the following roles:
Floria Tosca (Tosca)
Title role (Aida)
Abigaille (Nabucco)
Leonora (La Forza del Destino)
Title role (Turandot)
The other roles in her repertoire are:
Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni)
Title role (Norma)
Liza (The Queen of Spades)
Title role (Puccini’s Manon Lescaut)
Leonora (Il Trovatore)
Amelia (Un Ballo in Maschera)
Violetta (La Traviata)
Elisabetta (Don Carlo)
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth)
Soprano part in Verdi’s Requiem
Tours
Her international career took off, in 1989, at the International Opera Festival in Romania, at which she sang the title role in Norma. She has toured in England, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Norway, Switzerland, Mexico, Uruguay and other countries. She has sung at the Berlin State Opera and at opera houses in Spain, Italy, France and Belgium. She has appeared several times in solo concerts at London’s Albert Hall. She has taken part in many international music festivals.