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Venera Gimadieva
Details
Position: Singer
Voice: Soprano
Nationality: Russian
She studied at St Petersburg Conservatoire and on the Bolshoi Young Artist Programme and now performs regularly across Europe and the USA, working with conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Vasily Petrenko, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Ivor Bolton, Evelino Pidò, Tugan Sokhiev, Yves Abel, Domingo Hindoyan and Daniel Oren, and directors including David McVicar. Laurent Pelly, Paul Curran and Francesca Zambello. She won the Golden Mask award for Best Female Performer in Opera as Amina/La sonnambula (Bolshoi, 2014); first prize in the 2010 International Shalyapin Competition; and second prize in the 2015 Paris Opera Competition. Her discography includes her critically acclaimed performance as Violetta/La traviata at GF (Opus Arte), The Queen of Shemakha/The Golden Cockerel at La Monnaie (BelAir Classiques) and the Operngala für die Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung (Naxos). Her first solo album Momento Immobile, a collection of bel canto arias by Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini with The Hallé Orchestra under Gianluca Marcianò, was released on Rubicon Classics in 2018. Taken from the Festival 2023 programme book.
Performances
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 17 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 20 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 24 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 27 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 30 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 2 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 5 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 8 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 10 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 13 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 16 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 20 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 23 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 19 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 21 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 25 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 28 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 31 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 03 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 06 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 09 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 14 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 17 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 21 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 24 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 27 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 02 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 08 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 10 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 13 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 15 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Details
Position: Singer
Voice: Soprano
Nationality: Russian
She studied at St Petersburg Conservatoire and on the Bolshoi Young Artist Programme and now performs regularly across Europe and the USA, working with conductors including Sir Mark Elder, Vasily Petrenko, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Ivor Bolton, Evelino Pidò, Tugan Sokhiev, Yves Abel, Domingo Hindoyan and Daniel Oren, and directors including David McVicar. Laurent Pelly, Paul Curran and Francesca Zambello. She won the Golden Mask award for Best Female Performer in Opera as Amina/La sonnambula (Bolshoi, 2014); first prize in the 2010 International Shalyapin Competition; and second prize in the 2015 Paris Opera Competition. Her discography includes her critically acclaimed performance as Violetta/La traviata at GF (Opus Arte), The Queen of Shemakha/The Golden Cockerel at La Monnaie (BelAir Classiques) and the Operngala für die Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung (Naxos). Her first solo album Momento Immobile, a collection of bel canto arias by Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini with The Hallé Orchestra under Gianluca Marcianò, was released on Rubicon Classics in 2018. Taken from the Festival 2023 programme book.
Performances
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 17 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 20 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 24 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 27 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 30 July 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 2 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 5 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 8 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 10 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 13 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 16 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 20 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Violetta Valéry / La traviata, 23 August 2014 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 19 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 21 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 25 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 28 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 31 May 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 03 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 06 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 09 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 14 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 17 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 21 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 24 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 27 June 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 02 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 08 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 10 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 13 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details
Donna Anna / Don Giovanni, 15 July 2023 at Glyndebourne view performance details