“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.
Start of a career
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 popular opera singers, and not only in 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).
- The 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 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 didn’t even notice Veronica’s absence on stage: opera singer She performed until the eighth month of pregnancy, and just a month after the birth of her baby she returned to her favorite pastime. Veronica Dzhioeva calls herself an incorrect Ossetian woman. The main reason She considers 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 number for New Year's program on the channel "Culture". 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 film “ Vasilyevsky 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. Affected the position opera diva armed conflicts between Georgia and its homeland.
Awards
Veronica Dzhioeva is not only the winner of the “Big Opera” television competition. She is a laureate of various competitions and festivals opera singers. For example, in 2003 she became a laureate International competition named after Glinka, in 2005 she became the winner of the Maria Gallas Grand Prix. Dzhioeva’s awards include: theater awards"Paradise", "Golden Spotlight" and " Golden mask" It is worth noting that Veronica is an honored artist of two republics - South and North Ossetia.
Honored Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Republics of South Ossetia and North Ossetia
Laureate of international competitions
Diploma of National theater festivals"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 ("Boyaryna Morozova" by Shchedrin), Fiordiligi ("This is what everyone does" by Mozart), Countess ("The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart), Tatyana ("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), Michaela (“Carmen” by Bizet), Tosca (“Tosca” by Puccini), Amelia (“Un ballo in maschera” by Verdi), Yaroslavna (“Prince Igor” by Borodin), as well as solo parts in “Requiem” by Mozart , Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Verdi's Requiem, Mahler's Second Symphony, Rossini's Stabat mater. Has an extensive repertoire of works modern composers, including works by R. Shchedrin, B. Tishchenko, M. Minkov, M. Tanonov and others. She toured with the troupe of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater to South Korea, 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, 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 Filarmonico 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). Heanheal performed the soprano part on stage with maestro Hartmut Heanheal concert hall Bozar in Brussels. In Valencia she performed the role of Madina in the opera “The Breach” staged famous director P. Azorina. 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.”
On April 29, the Small Glazunov Hall of the St. Petersburg Conservatory will host a vocal evening of the world opera star Veronica Dzhioeva. The diva's performance will be accompanied by Symphony orchestra Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, conductor - Alim Shakhmametyev. The concert starts at 19.00.
The bright southern beauty of opera singer Veronica Dzhioeva seems to have been created for the role of Carmen. And in this image she is truly amazingly good. But her most famous lyrical parts are from “La Traviata”, “Eugene Onegin”, “Rusalka”...
Veronica Dzhioeva became known to a wide audience two years ago, after she won the “Big Opera” television project. However, even without this, she was and remains one of the most sought-after opera singers. When asked about the house, Veronica just laughs and waves it off: she sings at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater, Moscow Bolshoi Theater, St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater, and also at the best opera scenes peace. All life is continuous touring. “And you know, I really like it all,” admits Veronica. “I have absolutely no desire to register in any one theater.”
Are you a mezzo or a soprano?
Veronica, you were born and raised in a family of weightlifters. How did the daughter of a weightlifter manage to become an opera singer?
Veronica Dzhioeva: Dad, by the way, had a very good voice. Tenor. But in the Caucasus, being a professional singer is, to put it mildly, not prestigious. For a real man, it’s sports or business. Therefore, my dad devoted himself to sports, and from childhood he inspired me that I should sing. It was to please my parents that I started studying music. And not right away, but I realized that dad was right (although at first he wanted to see me as a gynecologist).
Veronica Dzhioeva: Yes, I am often asked: “Are you a mezzo or a soprano?” I have a lyric-dramatic soprano, but with a large range, including low notes - chest, “non-chemical”. At the same time, it so happened that my character did not match my voice.
Do you mean you have to play roles that are difficult to get into?
Veronica Dzhioeva: It’s difficult for me to sing Tatiana - not because of her voice, but because of her image. I'm not like that. In life I am Turandot, Carmen, Macbeth... Oh, Macbeth is my dream! I would like to sing that same Macbeth - beautiful, proud and majestic, who pushes to murder.
At the same time I manage lyrical images: Mimi, Michaela, Traviata, sister Angelica, Yaroslavna, Tatyana. Everyone is surprised: “How did you manage to create such thin touching images? To you, who has never loved anyone?..”
How is it that you have never loved anyone?
Veronica Dzhioeva: That is, she did not love tragically, unrequitedly. I am designed in such a way that I cannot suffer for a person who does not reciprocate my feelings.
Russians sing
There is now expansion in the West Russian singers. For example, Anna Netrebko will open the season at the Metropolitan Opera for the third time this year. Don't you have foreign singers jealousy towards our people: they say, have they come in large numbers?..
Veronica Dzhioeva: Oh yes! For example, in Italy there definitely is. But here, do you know what the paradox is? In Russia, visiting singers are more popular. And there - our own! And in this regard, I am very upset for our people. No one is helping the Russians make their way, unlike, say, the Koreans, for whom the state pays for their studies in best conservatories peace. Meanwhile, it is no secret that Russians have the most luxurious “overtonal” voices with the deepest timbres. And on top of that - breadth and passion. European singers take their cue from others: their voices are meager, but they always know their parts by heart and sing with mathematical precision and correctness.
What about knowledge foreign languages? Opera singers After all, you have to sing in both Italian and French...
Veronica Dzhioeva: For some reason, in the West it is believed that if the opera is Russian, then you can indulge yourself and sing in a difficult language as best you can. Quite often you hear instead of “eye movements” - “visenya blas”... And in Russia the public does not find fault with foreign singers, even touches: “Oh, what a sweetie, she’s trying!..” There is no condescension towards Russians abroad - the pronunciation must be impeccable. Without exaggeration, I can say that Russians sing best in all European languages.
Maybe this is the key to the current success of Russian singers?
Veronica Dzhioeva: Perhaps... Although not. The secret is in our nature. Russians give such emotions! You see, you can surprise with a well-honed technique, but you can touch, hook so much that you close your eyes and enjoy - only with sincere passion.
And a sense of style is also very important. When I sang in Palermo, they asked me: “How do you know Donizetti’s style so well? Did you study in Italy?” I never studied! I just listen to the right old singers - the so-called "black and white recordings" - and follow the style. I will never sing Tchaikovsky like Donizetti and vice versa. This is something even branded singers sometimes do.
Pussy Riot and "Prince Igor"
How do you feel about so-called director's operas, when classics are presented in an unexpected production?
Veronica Dzhioeva: With understanding. Although I don't like kinks. In the fall I worked in Hamburg in “Prince Igor” directed by David Pountney. Strange, ugly look. Prince Galitsky and the choir rape a pioneer girl - they tear off her clothes, everything happens in the toilet... And at the end Pussy Riot came out - stupid girls in hats and torn tights. In "Prince Igor"! The German public didn’t like it, although there were those who squealed with delight... After that, I went to sing in Madrid - at the same time I went there to support my friends who were busy in “Boris Godunov”. The director is different. The opera is over - Pussy Riot is released again. Well, what kind of fashion is this?! It’s as if there is nothing else in Russia. It was very unpleasant.
Another fashionable thing - television shows. In 2011, you took first place in the all-Russian television competition "Big Opera". Although, frankly speaking, there were no worthy opponents for you there. Why did you need this?
Veronica Dzhioeva: It’s just that the project fit well into my work schedule: filming took place exactly on the days when I was free. Well, I thought it would be interesting experience. Although the conditions were terrible: the orchestra was placed far behind the singer, rehearsals lasted three minutes, and the aria could not be sung to the end. All this, of course, is terribly far from professionalism. However, such projects work to popularize opera. What is good in itself is something that is sorely lacking in Russia.
As one would expect, after " Grand Opera“I was showered with invitations from everywhere to come with a concert: Ufa, Dnepropetrovsk, Alma-Ata. I never thought that they could even know me there! But there’s no time. The only city, in which I found the opportunity to perform in the near future, is Petrozavodsk. They say in there musical theater They have done a luxurious renovation, and the hall has very good acoustics. The performance is scheduled for April 22. The main reason I agreed is that the proceeds from this concert will go towards the restoration of the temple.
Do you have any desire to go on stage?
Veronica Dzhioeva: There is such an idea. I had the experience of performing Time to say good bye in a duet with Italian tenor Alessandro Safina. It worked out well, we should continue. There is no time yet to start recording and implement a full-fledged project. But I really want to demonstrate that I can sing well not only opera, but also pop works. These are, you know, completely different things.
"I'm not a cockroach vocalist"
Your husband Alim Shakhmametyev - famous musician: chief conductor Chamber Orchestra of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic, artistic director of the orchestra of the Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory... How do two stars get along in one family?
Veronica Dzhioeva: One star - me. True, Alim tells me: “Nature has given you too much, and you are lazy, using only ten percent of your talent.”
But seriously, I obey my husband in everything. When I’m “flying away,” he will stop, advise, and guide. He is the one who manages all my affairs, so everything is always organized flawlessly.
At the same time, for some reason you don’t have your own website. There is no place to see the tour schedule, to hear the recordings that you yourself consider successful...
Veronica Dzhioeva: Oh, but I don’t like anything! I used to be very upset when I saw what kind of recordings from my performances were posted on YouTube. And I don’t always sing well there, and I don’t look very good. However, it was thanks to online videos that I got a great agent. So it's not so bad.
And how I shake every time after a performance - horror! I can’t sleep all night, I’m worried: well, I could have done better! Why didn’t she sing like that, why didn’t she turn like that? By morning you’ll sing the whole part again in your head several times. But from conversations with other singers I know that this is normal. Walking around like a Gogol after a performance and saying: “Oh, how good I was today,” is not something a real artist will do. So, compared to some people, I am not a “cockroach” vocalist.
About Ossetia
The war did not spare my family. In the early 1990s, shells flew into our house and bullets ricocheted. I had to live in the basement. Then dad took us out of the combat zone, but mom stayed behind - she was afraid for the apartment. Like many after that war, I gave birth very early - at seventeen years old. The son still lives in Ossetia. In August 2008, he also experienced the war. And Alim and I had just left for a week’s vacation in Africa. And suddenly this! It’s impossible to reach my family, I can’t fly home quickly - it’s impossible to convey this nightmare... Thank God, everyone is alive and well.
My homeland is Ossetia, but I always position myself as Russian singer. More than once I had serious conflicts abroad, when they wrote on posters or in theater magazines: “Veronica Dzhioeva, Georgian soprano.” Why on earth?!
I sing beautifully in Georgian, and I have been invited to perform in Georgia more than once. I have great respect for Georgian culture and traditions. IN recent years they have done a lot in terms of development opera art. But how can I come with a concert to a country whose people killed my people? You can talk as much as you like about the fact that art is outside of politics, but Ossetians - those who have lost children, friends, loved ones - will not understand this. I sincerely hope that soon the relations between our peoples will change for the better - and then I will be happy to perform in Georgia. After all, we are close, and all the terrible tragedies between us are the result of cynical political speculation.
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 a wonderful tenor, but during his youth music 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. In a beautiful voice Veronica had it already in childhood, and together with her sister Inga she performed at competitions. True, on my first solo concert She performed at the age of thirteen not as a singer, but as a performer of folk dances.
Veronika Dzhioeva received her musical education in Tskhinvali music school, then at the Vladikavkaz College of Arts with Nelly Khestanova. At the end of 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. Michaela may not seem the most in an interesting way– especially in comparison with the main character– but Veronica Dzhioeva has a special attitude towards 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 to a greater extent are 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). Especially close to the artist Italian opera- , 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. Special significance gives Dzhioeva 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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“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.
Start of a career
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).
- The 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.