• Prize-winner at the 2nd International B.T. Shtokolov Vocal Competition (St Petersburg, 2009; 2nd prize)
• Prize-winner at the 2nd Pavel Lisitsian International Vocal Competition (Vladikavkaz, 2004; special prize Hope and diploma)
Anna Knyazeva (née Nyrkovskaya) was born in Arkhangelsk. In 2002 she graduated from the Arkhangelsk Regional College of Music with a degree in choral conducting. In 2015 she completed her master’s degree with distinction in classical singing at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (class of Tatiana Kravtsova). Has participated in masterclasses held by Larisa Gergieva, Grayr Khanedanian, Elena Obraztsova, Eva Blahová and Vladimir Atlantov.
From 2003 to 2024 Anna Knyazeva was a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers. Made her Mariinsky Theatre debut in 2009, appearing as the Second Mermaid in May Night. Since March 2024 she has been a soloist with the Mariinsky Opera Company.
Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre:
First Mermaid (Brood-hen), Second Mermaid (Raven) and Third Mermaid (Stepmother) (May Night)
A Bagel-seller (The Nose)
Aksinya and a Female Convict (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
Second Woman (Semyon Kotko)
Lauretta (Betrothal in a Monastery)
The Bolkonskys’ Maid and a Female Shopkeeper (War and Peace)
A Girl (Not Love Alone)
Dunyasha (Soldier’s Tales)
A solo from the choir (Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte)
Tisbe (La Cenerentola)
Clotilde (Norma)
Giannetta (L’elisir d’amore)
Giovanna (Ernani, chamber version)
Giovanna (Rigoletto)
A Lay Sister (Suor Angelica)
First Nymph and Second Nymph (Dvořák’s Rusalka)
Soprano role in Fauré’s Requiem
Has taken part in the world premiere of Alexei Pozin’s opera Soldier’s Tales at the Mariinsky Theatre in 2021.
Since 2015 she has been a senior lecturer at the Department of Solo Singing at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.
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