Mariinsky Theatre Guest Soloist
Natalya Pavlova was born in Kazan. In 2006, she graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire as a choral conductor. She advanced her vocal skills under the guidance of Rafael Sirikyan.
From 2013 to 2017 Natalya was a soloist of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers. Now she appears on the Mariinsky stage as a guest soloist.
Natalya was the first performer of the mono-opera The Diary of Anne Frank by Grigory Frid at the Mariinsky Theatre.
Current season Natalya made her debut as Liú in Turandot at the Teatro Regio (conductor Gianandrea Noseda).
Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Tatiana (Eugene Onegin)
Tsaritsa Militrisa (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Natasha Rostova (War and Peace)
Violetta Valéry (La traviata)
Liù (Turandot)
Alice Ford (Falstaff)
Rusalka (Rusalka)
Micaëla (Carmen)
Nastasya Filippovna (The Idiot)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Natasha (Not Love Alone) First Lady (Die Zauberflöte)
Susanna (Orango)
Stepmother (May Night)
Her repertoire also includes: Tamara (The Demon), Amelia (Simon Boccanegra), Mimì (La bohème), Marguerite (Faust).
Natalya sang Susanna in Shostakovich’s unfinished opera Orango which was performed in Helsinki, Stockholm and London (BBC Proms) under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen.
She appeared in productions of Spoleto Festival USA, Sofia Opera (Tatiana in Eugene Onegin), Vladikavkaz Opera (Tamara in Rubinstein’s The Demon).
As a soloist she has appeared with the Russian Conservatoire Chamber Capella, the Intrada vocal ensemble, and the Alexandrov Ensemble.
In 2010, she recorded her debut disc Shostakovich: Songs for the Front on Toccata Classics.
