Tatiana Kravtsova

• Honoured Artist of Russia
• Prize-winner at the International Young Opera Singers' Competition (Perm, 1993)

Tatiana Kravtsova studied at the Leningrad State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire. She has been a Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 1987.

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Antonida (Ivan Susanin)
Lyudmila, Gorislava (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Xenia (Boris Godunov)
Emma (Khovanshchina)
Yaroslavna (Prince Igor)
Polya (The Enchantress)
Masha, Prilepa (The Queen of Spades)
Brigitta (Iolanta in concert)
Volkhova (Sadko)
Cook (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Sirin (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia)
Tsarevna (Kaschchei the Immortal)
the Golden Cockerel (The Golden Cockerel)
Pale Lady, Florid Lady (The Gambler)
Ninetta (The Love for Three Oranges)
First Young Nun (The Fiery Angel)
Luisa (Betrothal in a Monastery)
the Bolkonskys’ Maid, Dunyasha, Shopkeeper (War and Peace)
Praskovya Osipovna, a Mother (The Nose)
Aksinia (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
a Neighbour (Lolita in concert)
Maria Kondratievna (The Brothers Karamazov)
Anna Grigorievna (Dead Souls)
Lisa (La sonnambula)
Lucia (Lucia di Lammermoor)
a Lady of the Court (Macbeth)
Violetta (La traviata)
Curra (La forza del destino)
a Priestess (Aida)
Nella (Gianni Schicchi)
Liщ (Turandot)
Marguerite (Faust)
Mercйdиs (Carmen)
Donna Anna (Don Giovanni)
Pamina (Die Zauberflцte)
Woglinde (Das Rheingold)
Helmwige (Die Walkьre)
Third Norn (Gцtterdдmmerung)
Klingsor’s Flower Maiden (Parsifal)
Maidservant (Elektra)
the Voice of the Falcon (Parsifal)

The singer’s repertoire also includes the roles of Parasya (Sorochintsy Fair), Parasha (Mavra) and Francesca (Francesca da Rimini).

Tatiana Kravtsova has toured with the Mariinsky Opera Company to Switzerland, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Germany, Spain, Scotland (Edinburgh Festival), the USA (Metropolitan Opera), Israel, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg and Finland. She has also sung the role of Norma (Norma) at the Ravello Opera Festival. In 1992, she performed in the gala concert Pacific Voices (San Francisco).

The singer’s discography includes recordings of The Fiery Angel and Iolanta (Philips Classics), Die Zauberflцte (Decca), Satires, a vocal cycle by Shostakovich to poetry by Sasha Chorny (accompanist – Larisa Gergieva, BBC) and songs by Mozart (accompanist – Irina Golovneva).