Oksana Shilova

Soprano

Prize-winner at the International Competition in Bulgaria (1998).
Prize-winner at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Singer`s Competition (St Petersburg, 2002).
Prize-winner at the International Elena Obraztsova Competition (St Petersburg, 2003).
Prize-winner at the International Competition in Geneva (2003), where she was awarded a special prize for best rendition of a French work (Manon`s aria from Manon).

Graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire.

Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 1999. Has taken part in master classes with Matti Palm, Larisa Gergieva, Ileana Cotrubas and Elena Obraztsova. Made her Mariinsky Theatre debut as Despina in Mozart`s Cosi fan tutte.

Repertoire includes:
Swan Princess (The Tale of Tsar Saltan);
Golden Cockerel (The Golden Cockerel);
Madame Cortese (Il viaggio a Reims);
Belinda (Didon et Enee in concert);
Frasquita (Carmen);
Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro)
and Naiad (Ariadne auf Naxos).

In 2004 she took part in a new production of Shostakovich`s Moskva, Cheremushki at the Opera de Lyon (France). Has toured with the Mariinsky Opera Company to Finland (Mikkeli Festival).
Has taken part in Academy concerts with Larisa Gergieva in Belgium, Finland, the USA and Estonia.

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