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Her free, vividly coloured lower register allows the singer to bring the contralto role of Polina to life naturally, without any obvious effort.
OperaNews.ru
The role of the Tsar’s favourite Basmanov is entirely, so to speak, inexpressive. And so it was more gratifying to see and to hear how clear and impassioned Yekaterina Krapivina’s image came across.
OperaNews.ru
• Prize-winner at the International Shtokolov Vocalists’ Competition (St Petersburg, 2014, 1st prize)
• Prize-winner at the International Competition in Lempäälä (Finland, 2006)
• Prize-winner at the International Competition in Lonigo (Italy, 2005)
• Recipient of the Grand-prix at the International Youth Arts Competition in Volgograd (2004)
• Prize-winner at the All-Russian Competition Young Talents of Russia (2006)
Yekaterina Krapivina graduated from the Astrakhan State Conservatoire. Has been a soloist with the Astrakhan Musical Theatre. Has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre since 2006.
Yekaterina Krapivina joined the Mariinsky Opera in 2011.
Her repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Ratmir (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Nezhata (Sadko)
Vanya (A Life for the Tsar)
Basmanov (The Oprichnik)
Olga (Eugene Onegin)
Polina, Governess and Milovzor (The Queen of Spades)
Laura (Iolanta)
Lumir (Mlada in concert)
Lyubasha, Dunyasha (The Tsar's Bride)
Lel (The Snow Maiden)
Stesha (The Maid of Pskov)
The Page (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya)
Fyodor (Boris Godunov)
Smeraldina (The Love for Three Oranges)
Frosya (Semyon Kotko)
Hélène Bezukhova, Princess Marya, Sonya (War and Peace)
The English Bride (The Lefthander)
November (A Christmas Tale)
Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro)
Teresa (La sonnambula in concert)
Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Flora Bervoix (La traviata)
Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera)
Maddalena (Rigoletto)
Ines (Il trovatore)
Meg Page (Falstaff)
Dalila (Samson et Dalila)
Ascanio (Benvenuto Cellini)
Mallika (Lakmé)
Anna (Les Troyens)
Suzuki, Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly)
The Princess, The Nursing Sister (Suor Angelica)
Schwertleite (Die Walküre)
Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus)
The Page of Herodias (Salome)
Heavenly Voice (Die Frau ohne Schatten)
Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Yekaterina Krapivina has toured with the Mariinsky Opera to the USA, Israel, Japan, Slovenia and Great Britain.
