Emma Sarkisyan (Mezzo-soprano)
Born in Voronezh, into a family of musicians. She graduated from the Moscow
Conservatoire (Professor A.L.Dolivo`s class).
She worked for the
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre where she sang lead roles:
Olga (Eugene Onegin), Rosina (Il
Barbiere di Siviglia), title role (Carmen).
She has worked at the Novaya Opera Company ever since it was
founded in 1991. For this Company, she sings the roles of Naina
(Ruslan and Lyudmila), The Nurse (Eugene
Onegin), The Nurse (Rubinstein`s The Demon),
The Countess (The Queen of Spades), Xenia`s
Nurse (Mussorgsky`s Boris Godunov), Bobylikha
(Rimsky-Korsakov`s The Snow Maiden), Clotilde
(Norma), Giovanna (Rigoletto),
Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana), Pig
(Valdgardt`s The Cat's House).
She has toured a lot in Russia
and abroad with solo concerts, included in her programs are works by Schuman, de
Falla, Granados, Rachmaninov and also old Russian romances. In 2007, she
performed the part of the Nurse in Eugene Onegin conducted by Daniel
Barenboim at the Salzburg Festival. In July 2008 she sang the part of Buryja in
Janacek`s Jenufa at the Mahnheim Theatre.
She has taken part in
radio recordings of the operas Carmen and Eugene Onegin, and
also of arias and romance. She has recorded two LPs: Frauenliebe und
Leben by Robert Schuman and Spanish Songs by Manuel de Falla.
She won several prizes at International vocal competitions: Prague
Spring (1959, 1st prize), Georges Enescu International Competition (1960,
Budapest, Ist prize and Golden medal).
Professor of the Russian Academy
of Theatre Arts.
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