Elena Tsallagova

Education

Conservatory of St-Petersburg; studies repertoire and interpretation at Ileana Cotrubas; participation in the young singers’ programme of the Opéra de Paris (oktober 2006)

Debut

Mariinsky Theater, St-Petersburg, 2005. Various parts, including in De Gouden Haan (Rimski-Korsakov) and Suor Angelica (Puccini)

Ensemble member of the Bayerische Staatsopera, 2008-2010: Despina/Così fan tutte, Sophie/Werther, Nanetta/Falstaff, Zerlina/Don Giovanni en Musetta/La Bohème.

Highlights

Debut at the Salzburger Festspiele, 2007: Zelmira/Armida (Haydn); Het Sluwe Vosje/Het Sluwe Vosje, Opéra de Paris, 2008; debut for Glyndebourne Touring Opera: Nanetta/Falstaff, 2009.

Prizes

First prize at Rachmaninov International Singing Competition, St-Petersburg

Worked with

Riccardo Muti, Ivor Bolton, Donald Runnicles, Philippe Jordan

Recent and future productions

Micaëla/Carmen, Bregenz Festival, 2017; Mélisande/Pelléas et Mélisande, Opéra de Paris, 2017; Despina/Così fan tutte, Lyric Opera Chicago, 2018; Violetta Valéry/La Traviata, Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2018; Leïla/Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Opera Vlaanderen, 2018; Mélisande/Pelléas et Mélisande, De Nationale Opera Amsterdam, 2019.