Ekaterina Semenchuk is one of the most sought-after mezzo-sopranos of today, praised for her exceptional vocal range and unparalleled technique. Born in Minsk, she made her debut on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre while studying at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St Petersburg. Ekaterina was a finalist in the Cardiff Singer of the World competition and has gone on to become one of the most highly regarded singers of her generation with appearances in the world’s major theatres. Ekaterina’s operatic repertoire includes her signature roles as Azucena (Il Trovatore), Eboli (Don Carlo), Amneris (Aida) and Lady Macbeth (Macbeth). Besides Verdi, she is known for her interpretations of Didon (Les Troyens), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), Marina (Boris Godunov), Lyubov (Mazeppa), Marfa (Khovanshchina), Dalila (Samson et Dalila), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), and the title role of Carmen. Ekaterina has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Salzburg Festival, New National Theatre Tokyo, San Francisco Opera, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Baden-Baden Festival, and Teatro alla Scala. Ekaterina is also an avid recitalist, regularly performing around the world with pianists Semion Skigin and Julius Drake at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Luzern Festival, Das Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall, Moscow House of Music and Teatro Colón, among others. In the 2023/24 season, Ekaterina performs in Il trovatore in San Francisco, Don Carlo and Cavalleria Rusticana in Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Turandot in Barcelona, and Nabucco in Las Palmas and Berlin. She returns to the Opéra national de Paris for performances of Adriana Lecouvreur. On the concert stage, she will appear in Verdi’s Requiem at the Wiener Konzerthaus, the Victoria Hall in Genève and at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Gurre-Lieder at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with Riccardo Chailly, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex with the Münchner Philharmoniker and Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevskij at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with Michele Mariotti.

 

Photo: Mikhail Vilchuk