Diana Kazanlieva

Soprano

Mariinsky Theatre Guest Soloist

• Diploma recipient at the 6^th Muslim Magomayev International Vocalists’ Competition (Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, 2021)
• Prize-winner at the 20^th Izabella Yurieva International Competition of Russian Romance Performers (Tallinn, 2019; 2^nd prize)
• Prize-winner at the 1^st International Operacontest Rita Gorr (Ghent, Belgium, 2019; 3^rd prize)
• Prize-winner at the 5^th International Singing Competition Vissi d’Arte (Prague, 2017; 1^st prize)
• Prize-winner at the 6^th International Competition-Festival Narva Lights Stars (Tallinn, 2015; 2^nd prize)

Diana Kazanlieva was born in Cherkessk (Karachay-Cherkessia). She graduated from the Zhirkov Yakutsk College of Music (class of Yelena Yakovleva) in 2010 and from the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Galina Kiseleva) in 2017. Has taken part in masterclasses conducted by Harry Peeters, Susan Bullock and Elena Obraztsova.

From 2019 to 2021 Diana Kazanlieva worked at the St Petersburg Chamber Opera, where she performed the roles of Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Adalgisa (Norma), First and Second maids (Elektra).

In 2021 she became a fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2022 she made her debut at the theatre, appearing in a concert by young opera soloists and subsequently performing the part of Tatiana in Eugene Onegin (chamber version).

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre:
Tatiana (Eugene Onegin)
Information for March 2023