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“Singer from God” - this is what they call the Russian world opera star Veronica Dzhioeva. Among the images that this amazing woman embodied on stage are Tatiana (“Eugene Onegin”), Countess (“The Marriage of Figaro”), Yaroslavna (“Prince Igor”), Lady Macbeth (“Macbeth”) and many others! It is about the owner of the divine soprano that we will talk today.

Biography of Veronica Dzhioeva

Veronica Romanovna was born at the end of January 1979. The opera singer’s homeland is the city of Tskhinvali, South Ossetia. In an interview, Veronica said that initially her father wanted her to become a gynecologist. True, he changed his mind in time and decided that his daughter should become an opera singer.

By the way, Veronica Dzhioeva’s father has a good tenor. He heard repeatedly that he should study vocals. However, during his youth, singing in Ossetia among men was considered a completely unmanly activity. That is why Roman chose sports for himself. The opera singer's father became a weightlifter.

Carier start

In 2000, Veronica Dzhioeva graduated from the College of Arts in Vladikavkaz. The girl studied vocals in the class of N. I. Khestanova. After 5 years, she completed her studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where she studied in the class of T. D. Novichenko. It is worth noting that the competition for admission to the conservatory was more than 500 people per place.

The girl first appeared on stage in 1998. Then she performed at the Philharmonic. Veronica Dzhioeva's debut as an opera singer took place in early 2004 - she performed the role of Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème.

World recognition

Today, Dzhioeva is one of the most sought-after opera singers, not only in the Russian Federation, but also outside our country. Veronica has performed on stages in Lithuania and Estonia, Italy and Japan, the United States of America and Spain, Great Britain and Germany. Among the images that Veronica Dzhioeva brought to life are the following:

• Thais (“Thais”, Massenet).
• Countess (The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart).
• Elizabeth (Don Carlos, Verdi).
• Martha (“Passenger”, Weinberg).
• Tatiana (Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky).
• Michaela (Carmen, Bizet).
• Lady Macbeth (Macbeth, Verdi).

It is worth noting that Veronica is the leading soloist of three opera houses in Russia: she performs on the stages of the Novosibirsk, Mariinsky and Bolshoi theaters.

World recognition came to this opera singer after she performed the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. On the capital's stage, Veronica Dzhioeva performed the role of Princess Urusova in Shchedrin's opera "Boyaryna Morozova". Zemfira from Rachmaninov’s “Aleko” also won the hearts of the audience. Veronica performed it at the end of the summer of 2007.

Residents of St. Petersburg remembered and loved Dzhioeva thanks to numerous premieres at the Mariinsky Theater. Veronica also pleased opera lovers in Seoul. In 2009, the premiere of Bizet’s “Carmen” took place here. And, of course, the real triumph was Veronica Dzhioeva’s performance in “La Bohème.” Now Italian theaters in Bologna and Bari are happy to see the singer on their stage. The Munich public also applauded the opera diva. Here Veronica performed the role of Tatiana in the opera Eugene Onegin.

Personal life of Dzhioeva

Family occupies a special place in the biography of Veronica Dzhioeva. The singer is happily married to Alim Shakhmametyev, who holds the position of chief conductor of the Chamber Orchestra at the Novosibirsk Philharmonic, and leads the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

The couple has two children - daughter Adriana and son Roman. By the way, the second time the audience did not even notice Veronica’s absence on stage: the opera singer performed until the eighth month of pregnancy, and just a month after the birth of the baby she returned to her favorite pastime. Veronica Dzhioeva calls herself an incorrect Ossetian woman. She believes the main reason is her dislike of cooking. But Veronica is a great wife and mother: order and mutual understanding always reign in her house.

Participation in the TV project “Big Opera”

In 2011, the southern beauty Veronica Dzhioeva became the winner of the “Big Opera” project. The opera diva entered the television competition of her own free will, but against the wishes of her husband, colleagues and relatives.

A few years after the TV project, in an interview, Veronica said that it all started with a rehearsal for a New Year’s program on the “Culture” channel. It was the employees of this channel who told Dzhioeva about the competition.

The recording of the “Big Opera” program took place on Mondays, when the theater had a day off. Veronica admitted that then she thought that something like this would never happen in her life again, and agreed to participate in the project. The singer's husband was categorically against it and argued that Veronica should not waste herself on trifles. Almost everyone I knew tried to dissuade the diva. Veronica’s character played a big role in the choice - to spite everyone, she said “Yes!”

By the way, Dzhioeva’s voice is often heard in films, including the films “Vasilievsky Island” and “Monte Cristo”. Veronica also recorded an album called Opera arias. And in 2010, Pavel Golovkin’s film “Winter Wave Solo” was released. This picture is dedicated to the work of Dzhioeva.

Despite the fact that the singer’s homeland is Ossetia, Veronica positions herself as an opera singer from Russia. This is what is always indicated on the posters. However, there were also unpleasant situations abroad. For example, when several theater magazines and posters called Dzhioeva a “Georgian soprano.” The singer was seriously angry, and the organizers had to not only apologize, but also confiscate all printed copies and re-publish posters and magazines.

Veronica explains this very simply - she studied in St. Petersburg with Russian teachers. Georgia has nothing to do with this. The armed conflicts between Georgia and her homeland influenced the position of the opera diva.

Awards

Veronica Dzhioeva is not only the winner of the “Big Opera” television competition. She is a laureate of various competitions and festivals of opera performers. For example, in 2003 she became a laureate of the Glinka International Competition, and in 2005 she became the winner of the Maria Gallas Grand Prix. Dzhioeva’s awards include the Paradise, Golden Sofit and Golden Mask theater awards. It is worth noting that Veronica is an honored artist of two republics - South and North Ossetia.

Diploma winner of the Golden Mask competition, winner of the Bolshoi Opera competition, Honored Artist of South Ossetia... but this singer prefers to be simply announced as Veronica Dzhioeva, because her name is famous enough to tell the public more than any honorary titles. The future opera star was born in Tskhinvali. Her father had an excellent tenor, but during his youth a musical career was not considered prestigious for a man, and he became a professional athlete. Having recognized his daughter’s talent in time, he wanted her to become a singer and instilled in her a love of music. Veronica had a beautiful voice already in childhood, and together with her sister Inga she performed at competitions. True, she performed at her first solo concert at the age of thirteen not as a singer, but as a performer of folk dances.

Veronica Dzhioeva received her musical education at the Tskhinvali Music College, then at the Vladikavkaz College of Arts with Nelly Khestanova. After graduating from this educational institution, she went to St. Petersburg to enter the conservatory. Before the entrance exam, an unexpected difficulty arose - her voice disappeared, but the mentor who accompanied her told her: “Go out, tear your ligaments, but sing!” And Veronica sang - as it seemed to her, she sang better than ever. She became a student at the conservatory, where she studied with Tamara Novichenko. The singer calls her mentor “a teacher with a capital T” - not only because her graduates sing all over the world, but also for her reverent attitude towards her students.

Even before graduating from the conservatory - in 2004 - Veronika Dzhioeva made her debut, performing the role of Mimi in the opera studio of the conservatory. After two years, the young performer makes herself known in the capital: on the stage of the Moscow International House of Music she plays the role of Fiordiligi in "". He conducted this performance. In the same year, the premiere of the work, the opera “Boyarina Morozova”, took place in the Russian capital, and the role of Princess Urusova was performed by Dzhioeva. A year later, the work was presented in Italy - and again with her participation.

Since that time, the singer has gone from success to success: performing in the role of Zemfira in “” under the direction of , performing the same role at the Mariinsky Theater in Baden-Baden, Michaela in “” in Seoul. Subsequently, the artist performed this part more than once. Mikaela may not seem the most interesting way - especially in comparison with the main character - but Veronica Dzhioeva has a special relationship with her. In her interpretation, Michaela does not look like a “naive blonde,” but a strong girl, despite her rustic simplicity, capable of fighting for her own happiness. There was a case in the singer’s career when the audience applauded her Michaela so much that the performer of the role of Escamillo refused to bow.

Whatever roles Dzhioeva performed, wherever she sang: Yaroslavna in Hamburg, the title role in “Sister Angelica” in Madrid, Maria Stuart in Palermo, Elvira in “” at the Houston Opera. At the Bolshoi Theater, her first role was the same role with which her career in opera began - Mimi, then there were Elizaveta in "", Gorislava in "". The singer's voice is surprisingly deep and rich, its range even includes low, “chest” notes, which are more associated with mezzo-soprano than with soprano. There is both passion and tenderness in her voice. He has such power that in the West sometimes it is difficult to select a composition for such a “large” voice. The singer embodies both lyrical images (Martha in “”, Tatiana) and dramatic ones (Lady Macbeth). The Italian opera is especially close to the artist - Giacomo Puccini, and she calls “” her favorite opera.” She doesn’t see herself in the role of a cruel princess, but she happily plays the part of Liu.

The singer's concert repertoire is no less rich than her operatic one. She participated in the performance of Requiems and, "The Bells", Ludwig van Beethoven and. Dzhioeva attaches particular importance to the performance of romances, considering this genre as a kind of “test” for belonging to the Russian world. She started with romances by Bulakhov and Varlamov, then works appeared in her chamber repertoire, and she considers the latter the most complex. According to Veronica Dzhioeva, working on romances helps in working on opera roles.

Veronica Dzhioeva does not like the dictates of directors at the opera house - and not only because it is offensive when the director’s name is written on the poster in large letters, and the names of the singers are barely visible. The artist is worried about thoughtless “innovation” that has nothing to do with art. For example, the singer experienced great irritation when girls in the image of... Pussy Riot appeared on stage in the play "" in Hamburg, and then the same thing happened in "" in Madrid. Dzhioeva herself prefers classical productions, which make it possible to feel like a person from a different era.

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Honored Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Republics of South Ossetia and North Ossetia
Laureate of international competitions
Diploma winner of the National Theater Festival "Golden Mask"

She graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory named after N. Rimsky-Korsakov in vocal class (class of Prof. T. D. Novichenko). Member of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater since 2006.

On the stage of the theater she performed about 20 leading opera roles, including: Marfa (“The Tsar’s Bride” by Rimsky-Korsakov), Zemfira (“Aleko” by Rachmaninov), Princess Urusova (“Boyarina Morozova” by Shchedrin), Fiordiligi (“That’s What They Do "everything" by Mozart), Countess ("The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart), Tatiana ("Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky), Elizabeth ("Don Carlos" by Verdi), Lady Macbeth ("Macbeth" by Verdi), Violetta ("La Traviata" by Verdi), Aida (“Aida” by Verdi), Mimi and Musetta (“La bohème” by Puccini), Liu and Turandot (“Turandot” by Puccini), Micaela (“Carmen” by Bizet), Tosca (“Tosca” by Puccini), Amelia (“Un ballo in maschera” Verdi), Yaroslavna (“Prince Igor” by Borodin), as well as solo parts in Mozart’s “Requiem”, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Verdi’s Requiem, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Rossini’s Stabat mater. She has an extensive repertoire of works by contemporary composers, including works by R. Shchedrin, B. Tishchenko, M. Minkov, M. Tanonov, etc. She toured with the troupe of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater in South Korea and Thailand.

Guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. He performs on the stages of leading theaters and concert halls around the world, takes part in productions and concert programs in Russia, China, South Korea, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Japan, the USA, Estonia and Lithuania, Germany, Finland and other countries. Fruitfully collaborates with European theaters, including Teatro Petruzzelli (Bari), Teatro Comunale (Bologna), Teatro Real (Madrid). In Palermo (Teatro Massimo) she sang the title role in Donizetti's opera Mary Stuart, and at the Hamburg Opera she performed the role of Yaroslavna (Prince Igor). The Teatro Real successfully hosted the premiere of Puccini's Sister Angelica with the participation of Veronica Dzhioeva. In the USA, the singer made her debut on the stage of the Houston Opera as Donna Elvira. In 2011, in Munich and Lucerne, she performed the role of Tatiana in Eugene Onegin with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maris Jansons, with whom she continued to perform the soprano role in Mahler’s 2nd Symphony with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, St. Petersburg and Moscow. In past seasons she performed as Elvira at the Teatro Fiharmonico in Verona, then on the stage of the Finnish Opera she performed the role of Aida with maestro P. Fournillier. On the stage of the Prague Opera she sang the premiere as Iolanta (maestro Jan Latham König), then the premiere of the opera Un ballo in maschera. In the same year, she performed the soprano part in Verdi’s Requiem in Prague under the baton of maestro Jaroslav Kinzling. She toured with the London Symphony Orchestra and with maestro Jacques van Steen in the UK (London, Warwick, Bedford). With maestro Hartmut Heanheal performed the soprano role on the stage of the Bozar Concert Hall in Brussels. In Valencia she performed the role of Madina in the opera “The Breach” staged by the famous director P. Azorin. On the stage of the main concert hall in Stockholm she performed the soprano part in Verdi's Requiem. In March 2016, Veronica performed on the stage of the Geneva Opera House as Fiordiligi. In November 2017, she sang the role of Tatiana in Japan with maestro Vladimir Fedoseev.

Constantly participates in music festivals in Russia and abroad. In 2017, the first Veronica Dzhioeva festival took place on the stage of the Novosibirsk Opera. The singer’s personal festivals are also held in her homeland in Alanya and Moscow.

The singer's immediate plans include performing the part of Amelia on the stage of the Czech Opera, the part of Aida on the stage of the Zurich Opera, and Leonora and Turandot on the stage of the Finnish Opera.

In May 2018, Veronica Dzhioeva was awarded the honorary title “Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.”

She performed the part of Fiordiligi in the opera “That’s What Everybody Do” at the Moscow International House of Music (2006), the soprano part in Verdi’s Requiem and Mahler’s Second Symphony (Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 2007).
In 2006, she sang the soprano part in Mozart’s Great Mass (conducted by Yuri Bashmet, BZK). In the same year, she performed the role of Princess Urusova at the premiere of Rodion Shchedrin’s opera “Boyarina Morozova” (BZK). The following year she participated in the performance of this opera in Italy.
In 2007, she performed the role of Zemfira at the BZK (Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev) and in San Sebastian (Spain).
In 2007 and 2009 took part in the performance of “The Run of Time” by Boris Tishchenko at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.
In 2008, she performed the role of Mimi in the BZK and took part in the performance of Verdi's Requiem in St. Petersburg.
In 2009, she performed the title role in the opera Thais in Estonia and the role of Michaela (Carmen by J. Bizet) in Seoul.
In 2010 she performed “The Last Four Songs” by R. Strauss at the Novosibirsk Philharmonic (conductor Alim Shakhmametyev).

On the stage of the Mariinsky Theater she performed the roles of Michaela, Violetta, Elizaveta and Zemfira.

She is a guest soloist at the Grand Theater of Geneva, the La Monnaie Theater in Brussels, the Prague Opera, and the Finnish National Opera. Performs at the Bari Opera, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Massimo in Palermo (Italy), Teatro Real (Madrid), Hamburg State Opera.

Collaborates with outstanding musicians, including: Maris Jansons, Valery Gergiev, Trevor Pinnock, Vladimir Fedoseev, Yuri Bashmet, Hartmut Haenchen, Simone Young, Vladimir Spivakov and many others.

In 2010, she performed the title role in the opera “Mary Stuart” by G. Donizetti at the Teatro Massimo (Palermo).
In 2011, she sang the role of Tatiana in concert performances of the opera “Eugene Onegin” in Munich and Lucerne (Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Maris Jansons).
In 2012 she performed the role of Yaroslavna (Prince Igor by A. Borodin) at the Hamburg State Opera. In the same year, she sang the title roles in the operas “Iolanta” by P. Tchaikovsky and “Sister Angelica” by G. Puccini at the Teatro Real (Madrid).
In 2013, the singer performed the role of Violetta (La Traviata by G. Verdi) at the Hamburg State Opera and made her debut on the stage of the Houston Opera as Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni by W. A. ​​Mozart).
In the same year, she took part in the performance of Verdi's Requiem at the Pleyel Concert Hall in Paris (National Orchestra of Lille, conductor Jean-Claude Casadesus).

She has repeatedly taken part in the “Territory” festival of contemporary art in Moscow.
She has performed concerts in the UK, Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Japan, China, South Korea and the USA.

Recorded the album “Opera arias” (conductor - Alim Shakhmametyev).

The voice of Veronica Dzhioeva can be heard in the television films “Monte Cristo”, “Vasilievsky Island”, etc.
The television film “Winter Solo Wave” (directed by Pavel Golovkin, 2010) is dedicated to the singer’s work.

In 2011, Veronica Dzhioeva won the “Big Opera” television competition on the “Culture” TV channel.

“Singer from God” - this is what they call the Russian world opera star Veronica Dzhioeva. Among the images that this amazing woman embodied on stage are Tatiana (“Eugene Onegin”), Countess (“The Marriage of Figaro”), Yaroslavna (“Prince Igor”), Lady Macbeth (“Macbeth”) and many others! It is about the owner of the divine soprano that we will talk today.

Biography of Veronica Dzhioeva

Veronica Romanovna was born at the end of January 1979. The opera singer's homeland is the city of Tskhinvali, South Ossetia. In an interview, Veronica said that initially her father wanted her to become a gynecologist. True, he changed his mind in time and decided that his daughter should become an opera singer.

By the way, Veronica Dzhioeva’s father has a good tenor. He heard repeatedly that he should study vocals. However, during his youth, singing in Ossetia among men was considered a completely unmanly activity. That is why Roman chose sports for himself. The opera singer's father became a weightlifter.

Carier start

In 2000, Veronica Dzhioeva graduated from the College of Arts in Vladikavkaz. The girl studied vocals in the class of N. I. Khestanova. After 5 years, she completed her studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where she studied in the class of T. D. Novichenko. It is worth noting that the competition for admission to the conservatory was more than 500 people per place.

The girl first appeared on stage in 1998. Then she performed at the Philharmonic. Veronica Dzhioeva's debut as an opera singer took place in early 2004 - she performed the role of Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème.

World recognition

Today, Dzhioeva is one of the most sought-after opera singers, not only in the Russian Federation, but also outside our country. Veronica has performed on stages in Lithuania and Estonia, Italy and Japan, the United States of America and Spain, Great Britain and Germany. Among the images that Veronica Dzhioeva brought to life are the following:

• Thais (“Thais”, Massenet).
• Countess (The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart).
• Elizabeth (Don Carlos, Verdi).
• Martha (“Passenger”, Weinberg).
• Tatiana (Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky).
• Michaela (Carmen, Bizet).
• Lady Macbeth (Macbeth, Verdi).

It is worth noting that Veronica is the leading soloist of three opera houses in Russia: she performs on the stages of the Novosibirsk, Mariinsky and Bolshoi theaters.

World recognition came to this opera singer after she performed the role of Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. On the capital's stage, Veronica Dzhioeva performed the role of Princess Urusova in Shchedrin's opera "Boyaryna Morozova". Zemfira from Rachmaninov’s “Aleko” also won the hearts of the audience. Veronica performed it at the end of the summer of 2007.

Residents of St. Petersburg remembered and loved Dzhioeva thanks to numerous premieres at the Mariinsky Theater. Veronica also pleased opera lovers in Seoul. In 2009, the premiere of Bizet’s “Carmen” took place here. And, of course, the real triumph was Veronica Dzhioeva’s performance in “La Bohème.” Now Italian theaters in Bologna and Bari are happy to see the singer on their stage. The Munich public also applauded the opera diva. Here Veronica performed the role of Tatiana in the opera Eugene Onegin.

Personal life of Dzhioeva

Family occupies a special place in the biography of Veronica Dzhioeva. The singer is happily married to Alim Shakhmametyev, who holds the position of chief conductor of the Chamber Orchestra at the Novosibirsk Philharmonic, and leads the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

The couple has two children - daughter Adriana and son Roman. By the way, the second time the audience did not even notice Veronica’s absence on stage: the opera singer performed until the eighth month of pregnancy, and just a month after the birth of the baby she returned to her favorite pastime. Veronica Dzhioeva calls herself an incorrect Ossetian woman. She believes the main reason is her dislike of cooking. But Veronica is a great wife and mother: order and mutual understanding always reign in her house.

Participation in the TV project “Big Opera”

In 2011, the southern beauty Veronica Dzhioeva became the winner of the “Big Opera” project. The opera diva entered the television competition of her own free will, but against the wishes of her husband, colleagues and relatives.

A few years after the TV project, in an interview, Veronica said that it all started with a rehearsal for a New Year’s program on the “Culture” channel. It was the employees of this channel who told Dzhioeva about the competition.

The recording of the “Big Opera” program took place on Mondays, when the theater had a day off. Veronica admitted that then she thought that something like this would never happen in her life again, and agreed to participate in the project. The singer's husband was categorically against it and argued that Veronica should not waste herself on trifles. Almost everyone I knew tried to dissuade the diva. Veronica’s character played a big role in the choice - to spite everyone, she said “Yes!”

By the way, Dzhioeva’s voice is often heard in films, including the films “Vasilievsky Island” and “Monte Cristo”. Veronica also recorded an album called Opera arias. And in 2010, Pavel Golovkin’s film “Winter Wave Solo” was released. This picture is dedicated to the work of Dzhioeva.

Despite the fact that the singer’s homeland is Ossetia, Veronica positions herself as an opera singer from Russia. This is what is always indicated on the posters. However, there were also unpleasant situations abroad. For example, when several theater magazines and posters called Dzhioeva a “Georgian soprano.” The singer was seriously angry, and the organizers had to not only apologize, but also confiscate all printed copies and re-publish posters and magazines.

Veronica explains this very simply - she studied in St. Petersburg with Russian teachers. Georgia has nothing to do with this. The armed conflicts between Georgia and her homeland influenced the position of the opera diva.

Awards

Veronica Dzhioeva is not only the winner of the “Big Opera” television competition. She is a laureate of various competitions and festivals of opera performers. For example, in 2003 she became a laureate of the Glinka International Competition, and in 2005 she became the winner of the Maria Gallas Grand Prix. Dzhioeva’s awards include the Paradise, Golden Sofit and Golden Mask theater awards. It is worth noting that Veronica is an honored artist of two republics - South and North Ossetia.