Schedule for Opera Gala. Nataliya Tymchenko and Vladimir Galuzin 2022

Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko

Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra

The programme includes:
Ensembles and scenes from the operas Otello, Aida and Turandot
Mariinsky Theatre Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko

Vladimir Galuzin (Tenor) – recipient of the Casta Diva Russian opera prize as "Singer of the Year" for his interpretation of Herman in Tchaikovskyґs The Queen of Spades (1999).

Born in Rubtsovsk (Altai Region). Graduated from the Novosibirsk Conservatoire in 1984.
Soloist with the Novosibirsk Theatre of Operetta from 1980 – 1988.
Soloist with the Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 1988 – 1989 and subsequently with the St Petersburg Chamber Opera Company.
Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 1990.

Guest performer at the Netherlands Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Opйra Bastille, as well as at theatres in Vienna, Florence, Milan, Salzburg, Madrid, Amsterdam, Dresden and New York. Vladimir Galuzin is a frequent guest at international festivals in Bregenz (Germany), Edinburgh (Scotland), Salzburg (Austria), Moncerrato (Spain), Verona (Italy) and Oranje (France). One of his most recent performances at the Mariinsky Theatre was as Calaf in Turandot in March 2005. Mariinsky Theatre audio and video recordings with Philips and NHK include Khovanshchina (Andrei Khovansky), Sadko (Sadko), The Fiery Angel (Agrippa of Nettesheim) and The Maid of Pskov (Mikhailo Tucha).


Nataliya Tymchenko (soprano)

Prize-winner at the Operalia International Young Opera Singers` Competition, founded by Placido Domingo (Paris, 2002),
as well as the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition (St Petersburg, 2002)
and at the International Elena Obraztsova Competition (St Petersburg, 2005).

Prize-winner at the International Ghena Dimitrova Competition (Bulgaria, 2000).
Prize-winner at the International Lysenko Competition (Kiev, 2002).
Prize-winner at the All-Russian Nadezhda Obukhova Young Vocalists? Festival and Competition (Lipetsk, 2005).

Trained at the Kiev Conservatoire and subsequently at the Sofia National Academy of Music (class of Professor Konstanza Vatchkova), which she graduated from in 2002. In the 2002-2003 season she appeared at the Kharkov Theatre of Opera and Ballet where she performed as Tatiana (Eugene Onegin).

Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2003. Made her Mariinsky Theatre debut in 2004 as Donna Elvira in Mozart?s Don Giovanni.

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Tatiana (Eugene Onegin);
Kupava (The Snow Maiden);
Zemfira (Aleko in concert);
Madama Butterfly (Madama Butterfly)
and Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni).

One of her most recent works at the Mariinsky Theatre was as Leonora (La forza del destino), performed at the XIV International Stars of the White Nights Festival.

Repertoire also includes:
Donna Anna (The Stone Guest);
Polina (The Gambler);
Nedda (I pagliacci);
Leonora (Il trovatore);
Violetta Valery (La traviata);
Amelia (Un ballo in maschera);
Elisabeth (Don Carlo);
Mimi (La boheme);
Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica);
Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi);
Liu (Turandot)
and Maddalena (Andrea Chenier)
and Militrisa (The Tale of Tsar Saltan).

In 2002 she made her debut at the Sofia Opera House as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni).
In 2004 and 2005 she took part in master classes given by Vladimir Atlantov, Maria Cleva, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Grayr Khanedanian and Larisa Gergieva at the Summer Academy in Mikkeli (Finland).

Takes part in gala concerts with Academy soloists and Mariinsky Opera Company soloists. She has made recordings with Bulgarian National Television (Sofia, 2001). Gave a recital at the Teatro Liceu (Barcelona, 2005).
Made her debut at the Vladikavkaz Theatre of Opera and Ballet in 2005 as Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), and performed the same role at the Vologda Philharmonic in summer 2006. Has toured with the Mariinsky Opera Company to Cyprus (2006), performing as Amelia (Un ballo in maschera).