Vasilisa Dobzhansky opera singer. Evgeny Shestakov: “Perhaps Vasilisa Berzhanskaya is the future Elena Obraztsova.” — Why did you choose opera singing?

Laureate of the Moscow Open Festival of Academic Solo Singing “Silver Voice” (1st prize, 2011).
Laureate of the Sergei Leiferkus International Children's Vocal Competition “We Sing Opera!” (II prize and special prize for the best performance of an opera aria, Moscow, 2012).
Laureate of the international student vocal competition “Bella voce” (1st prize, Moscow, 2012).
Laureate of the Competitive Festival “Theater Assemblies” (1st prize, Balashikha, 2013).
Laureate of the Elena Obraztsova International Chamber Music Competition (II prize and special prize for the best performance of a work by a 20th century composer, St. Petersburg, 2014).
Laureate of the II All-Russian Music Competition (II prize, Moscow, 2014).
Finalist of the “Big Opera” television competition on the “Culture” TV channel (2014).
Diploma winner of the XXV International Vocal Competition named after. M.I. Glinka (2014).
Grand Prix of the IV International Vocal Competition. Muslim Magomayeva (Moscow, 2016).

Biography

In 2011-12 was a soloist of the Federal Philharmonic in the Caucasian Mineral Waters (now the North Caucasus State Philharmonic named after V. I. Safonov).
Since 2014 - guest soloist of the State Primorsky Opera and Ballet Theater (Vladivostok).

Repertoire: Musetta (“La bohème” by G. Puccini), Thais (“Thais” by J. Massenet), Micaela and Frasquita (“Carmen” by J. Bizet), Queen of the Night (“The Magic Flute” by W. A. ​​Mozart), Princess Swan (“The Tale of Tsar Saltan” by N. Rimsky-Korsakov), as well as the soprano part in “Coronation Mass” by W. A. ​​Mozart.

In 2015-17 was an artist of the Bolshoi Theater Youth Opera Program.
Since 2016 he has been performing as a mezzo-soprano.

Repertoire

Despina (“This is what all women do” by W.A. Mozart)

In 2015-2016 she performed at the Musical Olympus festival in New York, St. Petersburg, Zurich and Singapore.
In 2016, at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro (Italy), she performed the role of Marquise Melibea in the opera “Journey to Reims”.

In 2017, she took part in a concert performance of the opera “Journey to Reims” by G. Rossini at the Bolshoi Theater, performing the role of Modestina (conductor Tugan Sokhiev).

In 2018, she performed the cantata “Joan of Arc” by G. Rossini as part of a joint project of the Bolshoi Theater Youth Opera Program and the directors’ workshops “Cantata lab. Stage experiences."

She has collaborated with such conductors as Vladimir Fedoseev, Fabio Mastrangelo, Felix Korobov, Tugan Sokhiev, Alexey Utkin, Evgeniy Bushkov, Gintaras Rinkevičius, Peter Feranets, Vasily Valitov, Sergei Kondrashev.

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Russian singer, member of a rock band "Leningrad".

Vasilisa Starshova Biography

Vasilisa Starshovaborn in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. As a child, she studied piano at a music school and studied vocals. After school, she entered the St. Petersburg College of Music named after Rimsky-Korsakov in the vocal department, but in 2011 she left for Moscow without completing her studies.

In the capital, Vasilisa became the lead singer of the group “ Flashmob" In 2013, the talented singer took part in the music competition “ New wave" and made it to the semi-finals.

Vasilisa Starshova Musical career

In 2016, after a scandalous departure from the group "Leningrad" soloists Alice Vox, famous for her performance of the song “Exhibit,” Starshova was invited to sing along with Sergei Shnurov. In October 2016, the first joint video “Sobchak Glasses” was released, in which Vasilisa played the main role. The famous TV presenter herself also starred in the video. Ksenia Sobchak, actors Konstantin Fisenko, Oleg Del and others.

In addition, the singer performs solo under the pseudonymVasilisaand has already released the first video for the song Just Say Hello . Starshova writes the lyrics in Russian and English and the music for the songs herself.

The future world star of opera vocals Vasilisa Berzhanskaya will give a solo concert “Vivat, Opera!” to the accompaniment of the Tyumen Symphony Orchestra in the large hall of the Neftyanik Palace of Culture on June 28, 2017, beginning at 19:00.

“I heard her and bear a certain responsibility for my words: she is a future rising star of Russian, European, and world art. Perhaps this is the future Elena Obraztsova, perhaps the future Galina Vishnevskaya, perhaps this is the future Anna Netrebko.

Everyone started like this: a thirst for singing, a thirst for mastery, a thirst to perform and perform and perform. I can assume that in five to seven years this Moscow red-haired beast will come to Russia only on tour,”

- this is how the chief conductor of the Tyumen Symphony Orchestra Evgeny Shestakov spoke about the vocalist of the Youth Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theater Vasilisa Berzhanskaya.

The Tyumen program included works by foreign composers of the 17th-20th centuries. The singer herself chose the program that she decided to perform for the Tyumen public - it contains more than 15 works. According to Evgeny Shestakov, such a program is simply unfeasible:

“To sing so much in one concert, the vocalist needs to have colossal skill.”

The orchestra had five rehearsals with Vasilisa Berzhanskaya.

For an encore, she chose such original compositions as Silva’s exit aria “Heya, Heya...” from the operetta “Silva” by Imre Kalman, Maria’s aria “I Feel Pretty...” from the musical “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein, as well as Pepita’s song “Yes, damn a dozen kids…” from the operetta “Free Wind” by Ivan Dunaevsky.

Evgeny Shestakov said that it was not easy to find sheet music for the concert. In the score of Romeo's aria “Askolta! Se Romeo t’uccise figlio…” from the opera “Montagues and Capulets” by Vincenzo Bellini, the conductor had to fill in the gaps.

“The notes arrived in such a state that it was impossible to understand where “do” was, where “re” was, where “mi” was. I did some archaeological work, listening to recordings, writing notes into the score,”

– Evgeny Shestakov shared.

Berzhanskaya will sing two sections of 40 minutes each with an intermission. To help the vocalist, the orchestra will perform independent works: they will play famous opera overtures by Rossini, Bizet, and Mozart. For the Tyumen Symphony Orchestra, this evening concert will be as unusual as for their fans: for the first time the ensemble will perform not in the Philharmonic Hall, but in the Neftyanik Cultural Center.

“Acoustically, it’s very pleasant for us to play in the large hall of Neftyanik. This is unusual for us. Let listeners who love classical music try for themselves what their favorite orchestra sounds like in the new hall,”

– wished Evgeny Shestakov.

The maestro recalled that vocal music concerts in Tyumen do not happen often - it is difficult to negotiate with vocalists. So Vasilisa Berzhanskaya’s concert was postponed from June 25 to the 28th: ​​the previous week, the Russian government sent the singer to a concert in Milan to show Russian art in all its glory.

“She will only be 24 years old, and she has already won everything that can be won. She is a laureate of many prestigious competitions, a finalist in the 2014 “Big Opera” program on the “Culture” TV channel. Vasilisa reached the final in it.

Her voice is simply extraordinary: she started out as a mezzo-soprano, in the traditions of Elena Obraztsova and Irina Arkhipova. Now she felt that there were good tops, and she will sing a unique program, which will include famous popular arias for mezzo-soprano, as well as serious operatic arias for soprano,”

– said Evgeny Shestakov.