Valeria STENKINA, soprano

Honoured Artist of Russia
Prizewinner of International Vocal Competitions:
Grand-Prix (Toulouse, France, 1990);
3rd Prize, Mozart Competition (Salzburg, Austria, 1991);
2nd Prize, Francisco Vinas Competition (Barcelona, Spain, 1991).

Born in Samara (Kuibyshev). Graduated with honors from the St Petersburg Conservatoire in 1992. Made her debut at the Mariinsky stage in 1996 as Salome (Salome) and joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1997.

Her repertoire includes:
Tatyana (Eugene Onegin)
Maria (Mazeppa)
Violetta (La traviata)
Kundry (Parsifal)
Salome (Salome)
La Contessa (Le nozze di Figaro) - Mozarteum, Salzburg, 1991
Lisa (The Queen of Spades)
Iolanthe (Iolanthe)
Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) - Mozarteum, Salzburg, 1991
Elizabeth (Don Carlo) - Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 1998
Norma (Norma) - Lithuanian National Opera, Vilnius, 1998
Toska (Toska) - Big Hall of St Petersburg Shostakovich Philarmonic, concert version;
International Chalyapin Festival, Kazan, 1999.
Sieglinde (Die Walkure)
Mozart, Requiem
Verdi, Requiem
Faure, Requiem
Mahler, Simphony N 4
Mahler, Simphony N 8 (2nd soprano)
Handel, Oratorio (Dalila)
Pergolesi, Haydn, Rossini Stabat Mater
Shostakovitch, Simphony N 14
R. Strauss, Four Last Songs
Mozart, Concert Arias
Haydn, The Creation
Solo programs including works of Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, R. Strauss, Berg, Debussy, Faure, Poulenc, Bizet, Grieg, Sibelius, De Faglia, Granados, Obradors, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rakhmaninov.
Toured with solo concerts and with symphony orchestras (conductors - M. Yansons, A. Dmitriev, M. Rostropovitch, R. Martynov, M. Plasson) in Austria, Germany, Finland, France, Spain, USA ect. Upon invitation of M. Rostropovitch took part in Schostakovitch festival (St Petersburg, 1997 and Tokyo, 1998).
Participated in Gergiev-festival in Rotterdam (1998), with a series of Seven romances after A. Blok Verses by Shostakovitch, accompanied by A. Slobodyanik, I. Grubert, S. Zagursky.
Toured together with Mariinsky Theatre in Finlanf, Israel, Italy.
In 1998 performed the part of Salome (Salome by R. Strauss) in its first ever performance at the New Israel Opera, conductor - V. Gergiev.
Performed at the festival in Ovanlinna castle (Savonlinna, Finland, 1997) in Parsifal (Kundry), conductor - V.
Gergiev, director - Tony Palmer (Britain), as well as the premiere performance of Mariinsky Theatre (ref.Opera magazine, Britain, July 1997).
1999, May - concerts of Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres soloists with St Petersburg Festival Chamber Orchestra cn.
D. Ashkenazi (das Kurhous Wiesbaden).
1999, November - Zurab Sotkilava recital, duets from Otello, Il trovatore (Opera House, Riga).
1999, December - R. Strauss Four Last Songs, Jerusalem International Symphony Orchestra, cn. Uriel Segal (Israel) (Jerusalem Henry Crown Symphony Hall, Rishon Lezions, New Auditorium).

Recordings:
Solo CD recordings with Sony (1992) and Melodia (1994),
Italian Arias-solo CD recording (piano I. Livshits, production S Chougal, 2000).