Elena Popovskaya, soprano. Elena Popovskaya studied music theory, composition and singing (Margarita Landa’s class) at the Gnessins Musical College. In 1997, the singer graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory (Professor Kadinskaya’s class).She joined the Novaya Opera Theatre in 1998. Elena made her debut at the Bolshoi as Lisa in a new production of Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades in 2007 (music director and conductor Mikhail Pletnev). Elena Popovskaya extensively tours abroad. She appeared as Renata in Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel at Theatre Royal de la Monnaie (Brussels, 2006; conductor Kazushi Ono, stage director Richard Jones) and as Lisa in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades at the Latvian National Opera (Riga, 2007). In 2008, Elena Popovskaya was the first Russian soprano to perform Turandot at Puccini’s Festival in Torre del Lago in Italy. Her repertoire also comprises the following parts: Maria in Tchaikovsky’s Mazepa, Tosca in Puccini’s Tosca, and the soprano part in Shostakovich’s Symphony 14.
In 2010, Elena Popovskaya sang the title role in Strauss’s Elektra (conducted by Gustav Kuhn), Manon in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at Luciano Pavarotti Teatro di Modena and the title role in Franco Zeffirelli’s new production of Puccini’s Turandot at Arena di Verona. In the 2010/2011 season, Elena appeared in St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre, singing Liza in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, Turandot in Puccini’s Turandot and Amelia in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. In 2012, the singer made her debut in the Rome Opera House as Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, conducted by Pinchas Steinberg. In 2013 the singer performed in the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as Senta in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer and in the Rome Opera House in the title role in Puccini's Turandot. In 2014 she made her debut in the title role in Ponchielli's La Gioconda in the Opéra de Marseille, France. In 2015, she debuted as Renata in Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel at the Teatro Colón. The singer's repertoire comprises the following parts:Turandot in Puccini's Turandot
Manon in Puccini's Manon
Cio-Cio San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Tosca in Puccini's Tosca
Elektra in Strauss' Elektra
Liza in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Maria in Tchaikovsky's Mazepa Awards and Honours- Special prize of the 41st International Vocice Competition in Toulouse (France)
Roles performed at the Novaya OperaDido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (in concert)
Duchess in Dvorak's Rusalka (in concert)
Soprano parts in the productions Richard Wagner, Viva Verdi! Discography | 
