SVETLANA SOZDATELEVA

Dramatic soprano, 2022/23 was highlighted by her highly anticipated debut at the MET as Katerina Ismailova (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk). She also portrayed Fata Morgana (L’Amour des trois oranges, Stuttgart State Opera), Brünnhilde (Götterdämmerung and Die Walküre), Madame Lidoine (Dialogues des carmélites) and Anna (Die sieben Todsünden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Finnish National Opera, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and Norwegian National Opera). Additionally, she made her debut as Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana, Helikon Opera, Moscow). Her international career commenced in 2006 with her triumphant debut as Renata (Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel, La Monnaie, Brussels). Since then, Renata has become her signature role, and she has performed it at the Bavarian State Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and the Scottish Opera in Glasgow. Other notable past engagements include Lady Macbeth (Macbeth, Glyndebourne), Abigaille (Nabucco, Mariinsky Theatre), Katerina Ismailova (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Berlin, with reprisals of the role at Berlin, Oslo, Helsinki, Klagenfurt), as well as Tosca (Latvian National Opera). Since 1999, she has been the leading soloist at Helikon Opera in Moscow.