Ekaterina Semenchuk

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Ekaterina Semenchuk studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. She made her debut with the Mariinsky Opera in 2000 and has performed numerous roles with that company. Her international career has taken her to many of the world's leading opera houses, including The Royal Opera, London, where she first appeared in 2008 as Olga in Eugene Onegin and has since returned as Azucena in Il trovatore and Princess Eboli in Don Carlos. In 2005 she sang at the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Semenchuk is particularly associated with roles in Verdi operas and in addition to Azucena and Eboli has appeared in that composer's Nabucco as Fenena, as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, as Federica in Luisa Miller, Preziosilla in La forza del destino and Amneris in Aida, appearing in one or more of these roles at the Mariinsky, the Salzburg Festival, Teatro Real Madrid, Washington National Opera, Opéra national de Paris, San Francisco Opera, and many others. Ekaterina Semenchuk made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Sonya in War and Peace in 2002 and has since returned there as Paulina in The Queen of Spades, Marina in Boris Godunov, the mezzo-soprano soloist in the Verdi Requiem and Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana.

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Ekaterina Semenchuk
  • Carmen (2014)

    Carmen by G. Bizet, from Arena di Verona, 2014. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, conductor Henrik Nánási, starring Carlos Alvarez, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Carlo Ventre, Cristina Melis, Paolo Antognetti, Irina Lungu,Francesca Micarelli, Federico Longhi, Francesco Verna and Seung Pil Choi. Performed in ...

  • The Mariinsky II Opening Gala 2013

    The Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg is one of the most prestigious opera and ballet venues in the world. Built in 1860 and named in honour of Maria Alexandrovna of Hesse-Darmstadt, wife of Czar Alexander II, it is home to the famous Mariinsky Ballet as well as numerous international stars and...

  • Iolanta (2012)

    Iolanta by Piotr Tchaikovsky, from Teatro Real, Madrid, 2012. Directed by Peter Sellars, conductor Teodor Currentzis. Starring Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Iolanta; Dmitry Ulianov, King René; Alexey Markov, Robert; Pavel Cernoch, Vaudémont; Willard White, Ibn-Hakia; Vasily Efimov, Alméric; Pavel Kudi...

  • Sadko (2020)

    Sadko by N. Rimsky-Korsakov from Bolshoi Theatre, performed at Bolshoi Theatre, 2020. Directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, conductor Timur Zangiev. Starring Nazhmiddin Mavlyanov (Sadko), Andrey Zhilikhovsky (A Venetian Merchant), Sergei Murzaev (The Apparition), Aida Garifullina (Volkhova), Roman Mura...