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Albina Shagimuratova - opera diva, mother and wife

Albina Shagimuratova. Photo: Pavel Vaan and Leonid Semenyuk

At the end of April, the debut of Russian opera singer Albina Shagimuratova took place at the New York Metropolitan Opera. More precisely, this was her first appearance on the famous stage in the role of Constance in Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio. Shagimuratova sang for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010.

She was born in Tashkent, where she lived until the age of 14, then moved to Kazan with her parents. She graduated from the vocal department of the Kazan Conservatory and graduate school of the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky. A bright victory at the International Competition named after. P.I. Tchaikovsky in 2007 (First Prize and Gold medal) attracted the attention of the world opera community, and already in 2008 Shagimuratova was invited to the Salzburg Festival to perform the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. After a triumphant debut in Austria, major opera stages around the world began to show interest in the young singer. As a soloist, Albina Shagimuratova performed in the best opera houses in Italy, Great Britain, the USA, and Germany. She was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of Tatarstan.

Critics evaluate Shagimuratova’s talent this way: “ She has a clear, large, flying, impeccable and precise sound, mastery of the bel canto style combined with a deep academic understanding of music and a subtle psychological elaboration of the dramatic image.».

Albina Shagimuratova on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in Mozart's play "The Abduction from the Seraglio". Photo: Elizabeth Bick for The New York Times

Albina, how did you prepare for new production at the Metropolitan Opera?
This is my fourth appearance in the Meta. I prepared for it with excitement, not least because maestro James Levine was at the conductor’s stand, and this was my first meeting with him.

Does the Metropolitan Opera live up to your expectations? The stage of which opera house in the world is closest to you?
It's difficult to pick the best one. But, of course, performing on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera is considered the most prestigious for opera performers and musicians from all over the world. I am grateful to fate that this is not the first time I have come out to see her.

The main difference between American opera stages and European ones is size. Opera houses in the USA are big. The same Metropolitan Opera has 3,700 seats. For opera singer that's a lot. In Europe, theaters are small. But this does not mean that it is easier to sing there. There they love us, representatives of the Russian school, but treat us with caution and criticize us more intensely. The exception is perhaps Vienna. I don’t think about the size of the hall when I go on stage.

You have already had a long-term relationship with the New World: you improved your skills in Houston, studied with Renata Scotto...
Yes, I interned at the Houston Grand Opera for two years. It was an unforgettable experience. If only because I came to study without knowing English. IN recent years I come to the USA often, 2-3 times a year, performing in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. So I have had and will continue to have close ties with America. Many American theaters invite me to perform.

Critics rarely rank New York among the classical art capitals of the world. They believe that everything staged here is designed for tourists, and there are not so many real connoisseurs of the same classical opera in New York...
I disagree! In America they love opera very much, the halls are always full. There are much fewer tourists in the hall than in the Vienna Opera.

And in general, how can you not love opera? This type of art is so popular today that it can compete with the stage.

How do you feel about the fact that today you can listen to opera at home - on TV or on a CD?
Personally, I prefer live performance. These are completely different emotions, completely different impressions that are not transmitted through a screen or headphones.

Do you often visit the auditorium?
I always try to attend productions in which I do not participate. First of all, in order to learn from other performers. Even if on short term I come to this or that theater and go to at least 2-3 performances.

In June, filming of the film “Anna Karenina” will begin in Russia, and you will play the role of the legendary Adeline Patti. Have you read the script yet?
Yes. Moreover, I have already recorded at Mosfilm with the Bolshoi Theater Orchestra the arias that will be heard in the film. I note that this will not only be my voice-over, I will be in the frame, in and on stage when Anna Karenina came to the theater for Patti’s concert. All this is in the novel by Leo Tolstoy. In June I will begin filming under the direction of Karen Shakhnazarov.

Both of your parents are lawyers by profession. Doesn't jurisprudence tempt you?
My dad loves music very much. He began his working career as an accordion player, and even received a diploma in music education. And I ended up at the law school almost by accident - I went to help a friend with entrance exams. At the same time, I passed the documents myself, then all the exams and entered.

At the age of 4 I started singing Tatar folk songs, dad accompanied me. A year later they started teaching me how to play the piano. Opera burst into my life when I was twelve: for the first time in my life I heard Maria Callas sing. Of course it was a gramophone record. I still remember - La Traviata, Act IV, recorded in 1962 at the Mexico City Opera House. Violetta's death scene made me cry. After that, I asked my parents for only one thing - to buy me tickets to the opera house.

You are still hiding something in your recipe for success... Many of us admired the skill of great performers, many of us visited art galleries and opera houses. But neither artists nor opera singers the world never received... Is there some additional component?
Of course, you need luck, fate, luck. And, of course, voice and talent. Plus hard work. By the way, having not the most outstanding data, but working incessantly, you can achieve significant success in any profession.

Photo: Pavel Vaan and Leonid Semenyuk

In light of the latest doping scandals in sports, it has become even more clear that we need to protect ourselves from various temptations. What temptations does an opera singer have, and what should she be afraid of?
There are temptations and limitations. First of all, you need to get enough sleep and go to bed on time. A singer who hasn't gotten enough sleep is unlikely to please you with her performance. On the day of the performance - no alcohol. By the way, opera performers In principle, they don’t drink. With nutrition, everything is simpler - you can eat everything. In general, all we need is health, health, health... Our work schedule with constant moving from continent to continent is not easy to maintain. In 2016, I already managed to visit Austria, Great Britain, the USA, Japan, Norway, France, and gave a solo concert in my native Kazan. There are new performances and recordings ahead in London, Paris and Vienna. I'm looking forward to meeting my stage partner, Polish tenor Piotr Beczala, this fall in Chicago.

The day of the premiere, as well as any day of going on stage, passes without any special whims for me. Several times a day I certainly look into the score of the opera that I will perform in the evening. And so this is an ordinary day. Well, except that I allow myself to sleep more than usual.

Do you believe in omens?
No. Many of my colleagues believe: someone crosses the threshold of the theater with their right foot, someone walks out from behind the scenes onto the stage with their left foot. I am devoid of such prejudices. The main thing for me is to enjoy the performance myself, working at full capacity. Only in this case will the viewer be able to enjoy it.

Yesterday we celebrated Mother's Day in the USA. In Russia, mothers are congratulated on March 8th. What did your husband give you on this holiday?
I woke up and was lying on the bed huge bouquet my favorite yellow tulips. We don’t see each other as much as we would like now, and I also don’t always manage to take our little daughter with me, so we spend every free day together. My parents often come to Moscow, where we live, from Kazan. On March 8th, my mother-in-law and father-in-law visited us. I went to the stove myself and prepared pilaf and manti. Why are you surprised? Doesn't fit with the image? On stage I am an opera singer, and at home I am a mother and a wife. Happy birth of my child life priorities have changed so much that I arrange my work schedule in such a way as to spend as much time as possible with my family, and I even refuse to attend some theaters.

Where is yours work book?
At the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theater named after. Musa Jalil, in Kazan. The director of this theater invited me back in 2007. He agrees that I travel a lot around the world, but on the condition of at least one of my performances in Kazan once a year. I intend to continue to keep my word.

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Albina Shagimuratova - opera diva, mother and wife

At the end of April, the New York Metropolitan Opera hosted the debut of the Russian opera singer Albina Shagimuratova in the role of Constance in Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio....
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Tannhäuser: Opening a new column, I was going to start it with some world celebrity of the past... But I decided to move away from the stereotype and propose the wonderful and young voice of Albina Shagimuratova. I am sure that she fits well into the name of the column and her creative future will confirm this.. .)

People's Artist of Tatarstan
Laureate of international competitions
Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan named after G. Tukai (2011)
Laureate of the National theater award Russia" Golden mask" (2012)

Albina Shagimuratova is a unique opera singer, a soprano with dramatic coloratura, rapidly gaining world fame with her unique timbre voice and filigree vocal skill. Clean, juicy, big, flying, impeccably accurate sound, mastery of the “bel canto” style, combined with a deep academic understanding of music and a subtle psychological elaboration of the dramatic image - this is Albina Shagimuratova’s calling card. Her high level her performances of the most complex opera roles of the world opera repertoire are winning recognition from the public all over the world, and the number of admirers of her talent is progressively growing. Solid printed publications, such as the New York Times, the London Times, Opera News, and the Italian Reppublica publish rave reviews from critics about the performances of the Tatar nightingale. Famous conductors of our time appreciate her musical talent; professional musicians predict a triumphant continuation of her stellar career for the singer. Albina Shagimuratova has become such a vivid example of the successful implementation on the opera stage of talent, phenomenal hard work and truly rare human qualities, once you learn about it, you can no longer remain indifferent either to the opera or to it itself!

Albina Shagimuratova was born in Tashkent (former Soviet Union) in 1979 in a family of lawyers. The interest in music maintained at home contributed to the discovery of her innate musicality - at the age of 5 she began studying in music school and was already singing Tatar folk songs on stage to the accompaniment of her father, who played the button accordion. From these first hesitant childhood steps in music to mature creative independence, Albina Shagimuratova went through a thorny path, full of extreme efforts and vivid emotional experiences, to which she always remained faithful no matter what, demonstrating since childhood the perseverance, hard work and strength of character characteristic of her.

Having moved with her family, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, to Kazan (Republic of Tatarstan, Russia), Albina entered Kazan music school them. I.V. Aukhadeyeva in the class of choral conducting (1994-1998), and later continued to receive fundamental music education at the Faculty of Choral Conducting of the Kazan State Conservatory. N.G. Zhiganova (1998-2001). It was this period in the life of Albina Shagimuratova that was marked by the discovery of her extraordinary vocal abilities, the birth of love for opera art and the beginning of mastering the secrets opera singing. Subsequently, the singer graduated from the vocal department of the Moscow Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky (class of Professor G.A. Pisarenko 2001-2004), and postgraduate studies there (2004-2007), completed an internship at the Youth Opera Studio at the Houston Grand Opera in the USA (2006-2008. ) and up to today never stopped improving herself, making high-class demands on herself. After completing her internship in the USA, the singer was invited as a leading soloist to the Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after. Musa Jalil.

In the arsenal of Albina Shagimuratova’s early achievements, one can note: the title of laureate at the Open All-Russian competition opera singers "St. Petersburg" in 2003, the title of laureate at the international vocal competition named after F. Viñas in Barcelona (Spain - 2005), victory at the international vocal competition of M. Glinka (Chelyabinsk-2005), and victory at the XIII international competition named after P.I. Tchaikovsky (Moscow-2007). But it was from the moment of winning the 1st Prize and Gold Medal International competition them. P.I. Tchaikovsky began the rapid career rise of Albina Shagimuratova. A striking victory at the competition attracted the attention of the world opera community and soon Shagimuratova was invited to the Salzburg Festival to perform the most difficult part - the Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute under the baton of the famous maestro Riccardo Muti.

After this triumphant debut in 2008, major opera stages around the world began to express open interest in the young singer: as a guest soloist, Albina Shagimuratova performed on the stages of: Milan's La Scala Theater, New York's Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Chicago Opera Lyric Opera, London Royal Opera Covent Garden, Vienna State Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Glyndebourne opera festival in England. At the same time creative life The singer has been enriched by collaborations with such famous conductors as James Conlon, Zubin Mehta, Patrick Summers, Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, Peter Schneider, Adam Fischer, Vladimir Jurowski, Antonino Fogliani, Robin Ticciati, Vladimir Spivakov.

The singer's repertoire expanded at lightning speed, including more and more brilliant roles for soprano: Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti), Gilda (Rigoletto "G. Verdi), Adina ("Elisir of Love" by G. Donizetti), Violetta Valerie ("La Traviata" by G. Verdi), Flaminia ("Moonlight" by Haydn), The Swan Princess ("The Tale of Tsar Saltan" by N.A. . Rimsky-Korsakov), Queen of Shemakha (“The Golden Cockerel” by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov), Donna Anna (“Don Juan” by W.A. Mozart), Amina (“Somnambulist” by V. Bellini), Lyudmila (“Ruslan” and Lyudmila” by M. Glinka), Antonida (“Ivan Susanin” by M. Glinka), Musetta (“La Bohème” by G. Puccini).

Albina Shagimuratova's performance schedule is filled with engagements as presenters opera houses world for several years to come. Despite the fact that active work with foreign theaters did not allow, to the singer’s great regret, to often perform in Russia, in her homeland, Albina Shagimuratova’s achievements also did not go unnoticed, winning among her compatriots an increasing number of fans in love with the “golden voice”.

In February 2009, by decree of the First President of the Republic of Tatarstan M.Sh. Shaimiev, Albina Shagimuratova was awarded the title of “People’s Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan.” 2011 turned out to be a landmark year for the singer - a number of remarkable events took place, reflecting the singer’s sincere recognition of her talent in her homeland. The current President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, personally presented Albina Shagimuratova with the “State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan named after G. Tukai.” Albina Shagimuratova was awarded the Russian National Theater Award "Golden Mask" in the category "Best Actress in Opera" (for the role of Lucia in the performance of the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. Jalil "Lucia di Lammermoor"). And finally, Albina was entrusted with performing the part of Lyudmila in the first premiere production of the play “Ruslan and Lyudmila” by M. I. Glinka after the opening of the historical stage of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia.

Today her teachers and mentors are - great singer Renata Scotto and teacher, leader Youth program opera singers at Bolshoi Theater Russia Dmitry Vdovin. And in February 2012, the recording company Opus Arte released a DVD of the performance “The Magic Flute” by B.A Mozart on the stage of Milan’s La Scala theater, where Albina performs the role of the Queen of the Night.

Albina Shagimuratova is a creatively gifted singer and a major opera actress, and a person who reconciles the mentality of East and West. Having gone through all the obstacles and difficulties on the path to vocal perfection, strengthening her fighting character, she retained spiritual purity, captivating sincerity and charm. It is precisely this constellation of musical talent, vocal mastery brought to perfection and the deepest personal content that gives rise to masterfully soulful, realistic, three-dimensional images performed by Albina Shagimuratova, genuine in their drama!

Opera singer Albina Shagimuratova is People's Artist of Tatarstan and Honored Artist Russian Federation. Her colorful soprano has conquered more than one stage in many countries. The singer's repertoire includes twenty operas famous composers, including Mozart, Glinka, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Puccini.

Childhood

Albina Shagimuratova was born in the capital of Uzbekistan - Tashkent. The singer's parents were engaged in advocacy. In 1979 they gave the world an opera diva. Father future star I didn’t immediately choose to become a lawyer. As a child, he wanted to become a musician and graduated from art school. Knowing how to play the button accordion well, the father happily accompanied his four-year-old daughter. The girl’s repertoire at that time included Tatar folk songs. A revolution in the biography of Albina Shagimuratova occurred when a record with the voice of Maria Callas fell into the hands of a teenager. The twelve-year-old girl was so inspired by the opera diva’s performance that she burst into tears. From that moment on, Albina began to move firmly towards operatic mastery.

Education

When singer Albina Shagimuratova turned fourteen years old, she and her family moved to Kazan. Here the girl graduated from the conservatory. Then the singer studied vocals in Moscow, where she received a second conservatory education. In addition, the diva has graduate school behind her.

First victories

The first award went to Albina Shagimuratova at the age of twenty-six. She became a laureate of the Mikhail Glinka competition, which was held in the city of Chelyabinsk. In the same year, the singer participated in the international competition named after Francisco Viñas, held in Barcelona, ​​Spain. On it, Shagimuratova took prize place. The singer considers her biggest victory to be first place in the Tchaikovsky competition, which was held in Moscow. It was after him that the director of the La Scala theater, Riccardo Muti, became interested in the opera diva and invited her to an opera festival in Austria.

Career

In 2004, Albina Shagimuratova entered the Moscow Academic Musical Theater. After working there as a soloist for two years, she decided to leave for America. Two years later successful work in the USA the singer became the soloist of the State academic theater ballet and opera in Kazan. During her career, Albina managed to work on other stages. Among them are the Moscow House of Music, the Russian Academic Bolshoi Theater, and the Russian Academic Mariinsky Theater. Shagimuratova was not immediately invited to the Bolshoi. She managed to travel all over the world before the long-awaited call came from Vladimir Spivakov. It was a great honor for the singer to perform on the big stage with a recognized maestro. She is still grateful to the conductor and calls him her godfather.

Queen of the Night

Business card Albina Shagimuratova became main party opera "The Magic Flute" by W. Amadeus Mozart. The singer has been performing the Queen of the Night for ten years. She first received this lot in 2008. Then the aspiring diva was invited to a festival in Salzburg. Albina later admitted that it was this role that helped her open up and express herself. The singer performed it at the largest opera scenes Russia, Europe and America. In 2018, Shagimuratova decided to part with her favorite party. She became interested in broader horizons.

Europe

The conquest of Europe did not end with a brilliant performance in Austria. The Queen of the Night is sung by only a few singers in the world. The young diva managed to do this so talentedly that she immediately won the love of the audience. Invitations began to arrive with enviable regularity. Photos of Albina Shagimuratova appeared on posters of such European cities as Milan (La Scala), London (Royal Opera), Vienna (State Opera), Berlin (Deutsche Oper), Paris.

Family

In her personal life, the singer is as successful as in her career. Albina Shagimuratova’s husband, Ruslan, supports his wife in everything. In November 2014, the couple had a daughter. Her parents named her in honor of the Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. The girl listens to music with pleasure, and recognizes her mother’s voice from thousands of other sopranos. Albina admits that neither pregnancy nor childbirth affected her voice. On the contrary, the appearance of a daughter made singing deeper and more meaningful. The singer finds it difficult to combine her career and caring for her family. But your beloved spouse always comes to the rescue.

America

In addition to the European public and her faithful husband, Albina Shagimuratova also charmed opera fans in the United States. The singer began her acquaintance with America with an internship at the Houston Grand Opera. Simultaneously with her studies, the star successfully performed on the stages of such famous venues as the Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera in New York, and San Francisco Opera. The singer admits that she was very lucky to learn from the best masters in America. She believes that Russian performers have the most in strong voices and soulful performance. But they need to learn from the experience of Western and European opera stars. Otherwise, after a couple of decades good singers will not remain in Russia. That is why Shagimuratova decided to take up pedagogical activity. She teaches at the Kazan Conservatory. Several of the singer's students have already become soloists major theaters and took part in music competitions.

Repertoire

• Lyudmila in Mikhail Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila".
• Lucia in Gaetano Donizetti's tragedy "Lucia di Lammermoor".
• Amina in Vincenzo Bellini's melodrama La Sonnambula.
• Queen of the Night in Singspiel by W. Amadeus Mozart "The Magic Flute".
• Gilda in Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto".
• Adina in "Elixir of Love" by Gaetano Donizetti.
• Musetta in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.
• Violetta Valerie in La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.
• Flaminia in Joseph Haydn's opera buffe "The Lunar World".
• Antonida in Mikhail Glinka's opera "Ivan Susanin".
• Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni" by Amadeus Mozart.
• Manon in the lyrical opera of the same name by Jules Massenet.
• Nightingale in work of the same name Igor Stravinsky.

In addition, Shagimuratova performed soprano roles in Mahler's Eighth Symphony, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mozart's Requiem, Rossini's Stabat Mater, and Britten's War Requiem.

Movie

Albina Shagimuratova is one of the few opera singers who managed to try themselves in cinema. Almost immediately after the birth of her daughter, she was invited to the shooting of Karen Shakhnazarov’s epoch-making film “Anna Karenina. The Story of Vronsky.” This is the first film adaptation of the novel, which accurately repeats the plot of the classic. The film features a concert scene of Adeline Patti, for whose role Shagimuratova was invited. The star liked the new experience. She plans to act in more films in the future.

Today

With her return to Russia, the second wave of Albina Shagimuratova’s popularity began. News about her future plans began to worry fans again. Now the singer often performs on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater. Sometimes she is invited to the Bolshoi Theater. Albina also does not forget about her native theater in Kazan, where she still works. In addition, the star continues to actively tour and is engaged in teaching activities. At this time, the husband and daughter remain in a Moscow apartment. The singer’s husband works as a psychiatrist in the capital. But the family communicates daily via Skype. And her mother-in-law helps in raising Adeline.

Plans

The singer believes that her creative path just started. In her opinion, an artist should not stand still. Therefore, the star plans to include new roles in her repertoire. One of them is the role of Semiramis in the opera of the same name by Gioachino Rossini. The composer wrote this low part for the legend of world opera, Maria Malibran. Shagimuratova is not indifferent to the heroine of another lyrical work- "Norma" by Vincenzo Bellini. The role of Anne Boleyn from Donizetti's opera of the same name will also be included in the singer's repertoire. The singer considers these roles very serious and deep. To be imbued with them, the performer must have a certain life experience.

• Albina Shagimuratova entered the Moscow Conservatory only on her third try.
• The singer was first invited to the French stage in 2015. But she refused to leave her newborn daughter.
• First and last time the star performed the role of the Queen of the Night in Salzburg 10 years apart.
• The singer did not want to participate in the Tchaikovsky competition until the very end. But having entered the stage first, she left her competitors far behind.
• The star had to learn the part of Elvira from Vincenzo Bellini's opera in just two weeks. To do this, Albina came from Chicago to St. Petersburg to visit an experienced teacher during the January holidays.
• Before agreeing to the role, Shagimuratova carefully considers full composition future production: names of director, conductor, performers. He wonders what the scenery and costumes will be like. And only after that he signs the contract.
• The singer performs on the stage of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater much more often than in Kazan.

Views

Albina Shagimuratova believes that to achieve success you need to work hard and hard. A singer should never stop training his voice. Also, a lot depends on the conductor. Albina most enjoyed working with James Levine and Riccardo Muti. These masters love the performers and try in every possible way to help them. In most cases, unfortunately for the artist, conductors pull the blanket over themselves and focus on the coherence of the orchestra. When Shagimuratova is not satisfied with something in the production of an opera, she is not afraid to refuse the role. This happened in London, where in the play Albina’s heroine had to go on stage covered in blood. But the singer does not always go against the director. She prefers compromise. If the director provides compelling arguments in favor of his vision of the image, Shagimuratova agrees with his opinion.

Albina Shagimuratova was born on October 17, 1979 in Tashkent (Uzbek Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) into a family of lawyers. Albina spent her childhood in Tashkent, but Perestroika came, and then the complete collapse of the USSR, and in 1994 Albina’s family moved to Tatarstan, the city of Kazan.
From childhood, her parents encouraged her interest in music, and at the age of five, Albina began performing in public to the accompaniment of her father, who played the button accordion. Later, when the family had already moved to Kazan, Albina became a student at the Kazan Music College, majoring in choral conducting, and then at the Kazan State Conservatory named after N. Zhiganov.
As a 3rd year student, Albina transferred to the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky in the class of Professor People's Artist of the RSFSR G.A. Pisarenko. In 2004, having graduated with honors from the Moscow Conservatory, she entered graduate school, which she also graduated with honors.
Even during her years of study in Moscow, Albina Shagimuratova became a soloist of the Moscow Academic musical theater them. K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, on whose stage she performed the roles of the Swan Princess from “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” and the Shemakhan Queen from Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel”. During the same period, she performed as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem at the premiere concert of the famous “December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter” in Moscow. In addition, among the parts she performed were Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Mahler's Eighth Symphony, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra. P.I. Tchaikovsky conducted by Vladimir Fedoseev.
Albina Shagimuratova is an honorary graduate of the Youth Opera Program at the Houston Grand Opera (USA), where she studied from 2006 to 2008. IN different times Albina took master classes from Dmitry Vdovin in Moscow and Renata Scotto in New York.
Her enchanting coloratura soprano first gained international recognition in 2007, when she won the gold medal and first prize at the International Competition. P.I. Tchaikovsky. Soon after this, she made her European operatic debut as the Queen of the Night at the famous Salzburg Festival, accompanied by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti.

Establishing herself as one of the world's leading interpreters of this legendarily complex role, she has performed the Queen of the Night at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala (DVD released), Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, and Bavarian Opera. , Bolshoi Theatre, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Lucerne Festival and other stages. The same role made its debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (production by Scottish director David McVicar). The Guardian newspaper praised her performance as "exceptionally precise, with powerful dramatic coloratura."
Albina Shagimuratova added the roles of the most famous opera heroines to her repertoire in recent seasons XIX century– each of them was a great success. She performed the role of Violetta (La Traviata) at the Bolshoi Theater after reconstruction and at the Houston Grand Opera. Her performance of Gilda (Rigoletto) became a triumph at the San Francisco Opera (conducted by Nicola Luisotti). This role in the same season became her debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (USA). In a new production by English director John Doyle at the Houston Grand Opera, Albina made her debut in the title role in the opera Lucia di Lammermoor, and then consolidated her triumphant success on the stage of La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, and the German Deutsch -opera in Berlin, and on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater under the direction of Valery Gergiev. Opera News magazine raved about her as “a phenomenon that has to be heard to be believed,” and the New York Times called her Lucia “sensational and mesmerizing.” In addition, Albina had the honor of opening the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theater after reconstruction in a new production of the opera “Ruslan and Lyudmila” directed by Dmitry Chernyakov, accompanied by an orchestra conducted by Vladimir Yurovsky. Her debut as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni took place on the stage of the Glyndebourne Festival in England in 2011. The Times of London called her Donna Anna "leading". Albina sang the same role on the stage of the Royal Theater Covent Garden and, together with the orchestra conducted by maestro Antonio Pappano and the theater troupe, performed on a tour of largest cities Japan.

On July 6, 2013, Albina had the honor of performing at the opening of the XXVII World Summer Universiade, held in Kazan.
Albina Shagimuratova performed works from her extensive concert repertoire, accompanied by the world's greatest orchestras. On debut with Boston symphony orchestra under the baton of Rafael Frübeck de Burgos, she sang Rossini's Stabat Mater and the role of Flaminia from the concert overture of Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and with the Houston Symphony Orchestra under Hans Graf she performed a program of Mozart's concert arias and Poulenc's Gloria. As part of her debut at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Albina Shagimuratova sang the soprano part in Mozart's Requiem under the baton of Zubin Mehta, and in the 2012–2013 season in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the National Symphony Orchestra of Denmark under the baton of Maestro Frübeck de Burgos. A disc was subsequently released. In the same season, she added Britten's War Requiem to her repertoire, which was performed at the Edinburgh Festival. In August 2014, as part of the festival BBC Proms Albina London made her debut on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall as a soprano in S. Rachmaninov’s “The Bells,” accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner.
She more than once became a guest at festivals of maestro Valery Gergiev, such as the Moscow Easter festival and “Stars of the White Nights” in St. Petersburg, as well as a guest of the festival “Vladimir Spivakov invites...” in Moscow. Albina also maintains creative connections with such conductors as James Conlon, Patrick Summers, Peter Schneider, Robin Ticciati, Andrew Davis, Adam Fisher, Alain Altinoglu, Laurent Campellone, Maurizio Benini, Giorgio Morandi, Asher Fish and others.
A landmark event in the life of musical Moscow was solo concert Albina Shagimuratova on the historical stage of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. Together with the theater orchestra and Maestro Vladimir Spivakov, the singer performed scenes of madness from the Italian operatic repertoire, such as “The Puritans”, “Somnambula” and “Lucia di Lammermoor”.
Her many future engagements include a return to the stage at the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Covent Garden, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Royal Albert Hall, the Bavarian Opera and her debut at the Bastille Opera in Paris.

AWARDS AND PRIZES

• People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2009);
• Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan named after. Gabdulla Tukay (2011);
• Winner of the Russian national theater award "Golden Mask" in the category " Female role in the opera" for the performance of the role of Lucia di Lammermoor in the performance of the Tatar Academic state theater Opera and Ballet named after. M. Jalil;
• Prize winner music critics“Casta Diva” for performing the part of Lyudmila in the play of the Bolshoi State Academic Theater of Russia “Ruslan and Lyudmila” and Lucia in the play of the Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater named after. M. Jalil “Lucia di Lammermoor”;
• Winner of the 1st prize at the International Competition named after. P.I. Tchaikovsky (2007);
• Winner of the 1st Prize at the International Competition for Young Opera Singers. M.I. Glinka (Chelyabinsk, 2005);
• Laureate of the International Vocal Competition named after. Francisco Viñasa (Barcelona, ​​2005).

Born in Tashkent. She started studying music at the age of five. In 1994 she entered the Kazan Music College with a degree in choral conducting. In 1998-2001 Studied at the Kazan State Conservatory named after. N.G. Zhiganov in the classes “choral conducting” and “opera vocals”.
In 2001 she was admitted to the Moscow State Conservatory. P.I. Tchaikovsky (class of Galina Pisarenko), then completed graduate school there (2007).

In 2004-06 - soloist of the Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after. K. S. Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, where she performed the roles of the Swan Princess (The Tale of Tsar Saltan by N. Rimsky-Korsakov) and the Queen of Shemakha (The Golden Cockerel by N. Rimsky-Korsakov).
Since 2008 - soloist of the Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. Jalil.

In 2006-08 improved at the Youth Opera Studio Houston Grand Opera , on the stage of which she performed the roles of Musetta (La bohème by G. Puccini), Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti), Gilda (Rigoletto by G. Verdi) and Violetta (La Traviata by G. Verdi).

In 2008, the singer made her debut on Salzburg Festival as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera The Magic Flute (conducted by Riccardo Muti).
In the 2008/09 season she also sang Queen of the Night in German Opera in Berlin, Los Angeles Opera and made her debut as Gilda in Palm Beach Opera.

In the 2009/10 season she made her theater debut Metropolitan Opera as the Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute, staged by Julia Taymor). She performed the same part in Deutsche Oper am Rhein. She performed the role of Flaminia in J. Haydn's opera The Moonlit World (the opera was presented at the Hayden Planetarium in New York by the Gotham Chamber Opera).

In the 2010/2011 season she made her theater debut La Scala as the Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute, staged by William Kentridge, conductor Roland Behr). She performed the same part in State Opera Hamburg directed by Achim Freier and Vienna State Opera conducted by Ivor Bolton. Performed at the festival "Florentine Musical May"- participated in the performance of Mozart's Requiem under the baton of Zubin Mehta.

In the 2011/12 season she sang Queen of the Night at the Vienna State Opera and at the Barcelona Opera Liceo theater, Lucia di Lammermoor at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and in subsequent seasons she also performed this role at the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, La Scala and the Mariinsky Theater.

The singer's concert repertoire includes works by Mozart, Beethoven, and Rossini. Fore. In 2005, she took part in the performance of Mozart’s Requiem as part of Svyatoslav Richter’s December Evenings. She took part in performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Fedoseev. With the Boston Symphony Orchestra she performed Rossini's Stabat Mater (conducted by Rafael Frübeck de Burgos), with the Houston Symphony Orchestra - a program of concert arias by V.A. Mozart and “Gloria” by F. Poulenc (conductor Hans Graf), with the National Symphony Orchestra of Denmark - L. van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (conducted by maestro Frübeck de Burgos). In the 2012/13 season, at the Edinburgh Festival, she participated in the performance of B. Britten's War Requiem. In August 2014, as part of the BBC Proms festival on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall, she made her debut in the cantata “The Bells” by S. Rachmaninov (performing the soprano part with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner).
Albina Shagimuratova collaborates with outstanding conductors - Riccardo Muti, James Conlon, Patrick Summers, Peter Schneider, Robin Ticciati, Andrew Davis, Adam Fisher, Alain Altinoglu, Laurent Campellone, Maurizio Benini, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Asher Fish, Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Spivakov and etc.

In 2010, the singer made her debut in Bolshoi Theater as the Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute by W. A. ​​Mozart). In 2011, she took part in the production of the opera “Ruslan and Lyudmila” by M. Glinka, performing the role of Lyudmila (conductor Vladimir Yurovsky, director Dmitry Chernyakov). In 2012, she took part in the production of the opera La Traviata by G. Verdi (the role of Violetta, conductor Laurent Campellone, director Francesca Zambello).

From performances of the 2015/16 season: Violetta (La Traviata) in Tokyo, Constanza (The Abduction from the Seraglio by W.A. Mozart) at the Metropolitan Opera, Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute) at the San Francisco Opera, Donna Anna (“Don Giovanni”) at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the title role in the opera “Semiramide” by G. Rossini (concert performance at the Albert Hall in London).

Recent engagements include: Aspasia (“Mithridates, Rex Pontic” by W.A. Mozart) at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Gilda (“Rigoletto” by G. Verdi) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Elvira (“The Puritans” by V. Bellini) at the Lyric Theater Chicago Opera, Violetta (La Traviata) at the Vienna State Opera and Houston Opera, Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute) at the Salzburg Festival, Vienna, Baden-Baden and Paris.