Mezzo-soprano
TATIANA KUINJI
Honoured Artist of Russia

Graduated from Russian Gnessins’ College in 1986. Since 1991 Tatiana studied with professor Gertruda Troyanova. In 1986-1991 she performed with the Moscow Music Theatre "The Third Dimension". In 1992-1998 soloist with the Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet House in Perm’. In 1996 performed a Russian premiere of Ghiya Kanchelli’s "Lament" for soprano and orchestra. In 1996 she was awarded a National Theatre Award "The Golden Mask" winner for the best female role.
Since 1998 is a soloist of Helikon Opera.
Tours: Germany (including Musikfestspiele Festival in Potsdam), France, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Spain.


REPERTOIRE:
as Lulu in Berg’s "Lulu"
as Michaela in Bizet’s "Carmen"
as Norina in Donizetti’s "Don Pasquale"
as Despina in Mozart’s "Cosi’ fan tutte"
as Zerlina in Mozart’s "Don Giovanni"
as Konigin der Nacht in Mozart’s "Die Zauberflote"
as Olympia in Offenbach’s "Les Contes d’Hoffmann"
as Rachelina in Paisiello’s "The beautiful Miller’s Wife"
as Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s "Les Dialogues des Carmelites"
as Musetta in Puccini’s "La Boheme"
as Rosina in Rossini’s "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"
as Anaida in Rossini’s "Mose in Egitto"
as Adele in Strauss’s "Die Fledermause"
as Nannetta in Verdi’s "Falstaff"
as Gilda in Verdi’s "Rigoletto"
as Violetta in Verdi’s "La Traviata"
as Queen of Shemakhan in Rimsky-Korsakov’s "The Golden Cockerel"
as Snowmaiden in Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Snegurochka"
as Martha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s "The Tsar’s Bride"
as Vitellia in Mozart’s "La Clemenza de Tito"

Solo in oratorios and chamber music:
Kanchelli "Lament"
Shostakovich "7 Songs to the verses of A. Block"Various chamber pieces by Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Poulenk, Forret, Gershwin, Bernstain etc.