Tatiana Erastova (Mezzo-soprano)
After graduating from the Leningrad Conservatoire (N. Serval’s class), she
joined the Leningrad Maly Opera Theatre Company. She has been a soloist
with The Bolshoi Theatre Opera Company since 1977.
RepertoireHer Bolshoi Theatre repertoire includes the following, among
other, roles: Carmen
(Carmen) Ulrica (Un Ballo
in Maschera) Azucena
(Il Trovatore) Princess de Bouillon
(Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur) Marfa
(Khovanshchina) Lyubasha (Rimsky-Korsakov’s The
Tsar’s Bride) Marina Mnishek, Innkeeper (Boris
Godunov) Olga (Eugene
Onegin) Polina, Countess (The Queen
of Spades) Lyubov (Tchaikovsky’s
Mazeppa) Morozova (Tchaikovsky’s The
Oprichnik) Spring (Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow
Maiden) Fricka (Das
Rheingold) Akhrosimova (Prokofiev’s War and
Peace) Princess (Dargomyzhsky’s
Rusalka) Princess Clarice (Prokofiev’s The Love
for Three Oranges) Amelfa (Rimsky-Korsakov’s The
Golden Cockerel) Marta (Tchaikovsky’s
Iolanta) Nenila (The Enchantress)
ToursShe tours in Russia and abroad, makes regular concert
appearances. She took part in the Bolshoi Theatre and Teatro Carlo
Felice (Genoa) co-production of Prince Igor singing the part
of Konchakovna. In 2005, she sang Countess in the premiere
performances of The Queen of Spades at La Scala
(conductor Yuri Temirkanov, director Stephen Medcalf). In the same year,
she appeared at the Jan Kiepura Festival, in Poland.
DiscographyTchaikovsky’s Iolanta — Marta, conductor
Vladimir Delman, Bmg Ricordi, 1994. Rimsky-Korsakov’s May
Night — Hanna, conductor Alexander Lazarev, Capriccio,
1994. Dargomyzhsky’s The Stone Guest — Laura, conductor Andrei
Chistyakov, Russian Season, 1995.
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