Sofia Fomina

The 2018/19 season sees Fomina make her role and company debut as Pamina in a new production of Die Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne Festival and returns to Bayerische Staatsoper for performances of Gilda Rigoletto, Fiakiermili Arabella and Oscar Un ballo in maschera. She also makes her Wigmore Hall debut together with pianist Iain Burnside.

Next season, Fomina makes an anticipated role and company debut in the title role Manon at Opéra de Paris. Further highlights include a company debut as Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos at Staatsoper Hamburg, Adele Die Fledermaus at Bayersiche Staatsoper and Mahler's 2nd Symphony with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 

Last season Fomina made her US Operatic debut as Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Seattle Opera. Shortly after she was heard as Musetta La bohème at the Festspiele Baden-Baden with Teodor Currentzis and as Gilda Rigoletto at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Munich audiences saw her as Adele Die Fledermaus, a role debut and as Wellgunde Die Götterdämmerung. On the concert platform, Fomina performed in Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Fabio Luisi and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra to sing Woglinde Das Rheingold under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski. She also took part in the Deutsche Aids-Stiftung Operngala at Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Recent operatic successes include Olympia Tales of Hoffmann and Jemmy Guillaume Tell at Royal Opera House; her debut Opéra de Paris as Blondchen in a new production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail; Berthe Le Prophète at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse; Oscar in a new production of Un Ballo in Maschera and Blondchen at Bayerische Staatsoper; and Aquillo in a concert performance of Adriano in Siria at Theater an der Wien.

On the concert platform her recent engagements include Marzelline in a concert version of Fidelio at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and in London with the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Carmina Burana in a New Year Gala Concert with the Czech Philharmonic and Jakub Hrusa; Mussorgsky’s The Nursery and Mahler’s Symphony No.4 on tour in Ferrara, Bologna and Frankfurt with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Gerald Finley and Vladimir Jurowski; Nanetta in a concert version of Falstaff with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra debut conducted and Edward Gardner; a New Year’s Gala Performance with Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Mahler’s Symphony No.8 and Mahler’s Symphony no. 4 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, Dresden and New York; and Mahler Symphony No. 2 in Toledo Cathedral with Orchestra of Teatro Real.

Born in Russia, Fomina studied at the Orlovsky Music College and the Gnesin Academy of Music, Moscow. Her career began at the Novosibirsk Opera Theatre, where she sang roles including Despina Così fan tutte and Susanna Le nozze di Figaro. She later joined the ensemble of the State Theatre of Saarbrucken where she sang roles including Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte, Giulietta I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Zerbinetta Ariadne auf Naxos, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia and Gretel Hansel und Gretel. From 2013 to 2015 she was a member of Frankfurt Oper where her engagements included Onoria in a new production of Gluck’s Ezio, Nanetta in a new production of Verdi’s Falstaff, Queen of the Night, Sophie Werther, Blondchen, Zerbinetta and Musetta. In 2010 she was awarded a grant by the Wagner Association in Bayreuth and received an invitation from Vladimir Jurowski to perform Janáček’s The Eternal Gospel with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, which launched her international career.

Season 2018-19 / 686 Words. Not to be altered without permission.