Margarita Nekrasova (mezzo-soprano) graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory (Associate Prof. Shumilova's class) in 1992. The singer has a voice of exceptional compass, and her repertoire includes compositions by Pergolesi, Handel, Gluck, Bach, Verdi, Donizetti, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Prokofiev.
Since 1994, she has been a soloist of the Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow. The singer has also taken part in various concerts of the theatre.
She has been invited to perform at prestigious opera houses and concert halls in Russia and abroad (Teatro Comunale in Florence, La Scala in Milan, various theatres in Germany, Austria, Israel, Japan, and the Czech Republic). She has participated in musical festivals in Russia and in Europe. 
The singer took part in two CD recordings with the theatre - "The Novaya Opera in Carnegie Hall" and "Romances by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov".

Roles performed:

• Кonchakovna in Borodin's Prince Igor (in concert)
• Ratmir in Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila
• Princess in Dargomyzhsky's The Mermaid
• Angel in Rubinstein's The Demon
• Innkeeper in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
• Nanny in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
• Polina in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
• Lel and Spring in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden
• Lyubasha in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride
• Herodias in Strauss's Salome (in concert)
• Sorceress in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
• Elisabeth in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda
• Fenena in Verdi's Nabucco
• Flora in Verdi's La Traviata
• Azucena in the concert performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore
• mezzo-soprano parts in the productions "Rossini", "Viva Verdi!", "Bravissimo!", "O Mozart! Mozart…", "Richard Wagner",
• mezzo-soprano part in Verdi's Requiem, in Mozart's Requiem, and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater

Awards and Honours:

• Honoured Artist of Russia
• Diploma at the Glinka International Competition (1991)
• Third prize at the Francisco Vinias International Competition in Barcelona (Spain, 1994)