Vlada Borovko

Current highlights include her return to the Royal Opera House as a guest artist to debut the role of Musetta La bohème, a role and company debut at Staatsoper Stuttgart as Mimi La bohème, company debuts at Oper Köln and Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe as Violetta La traviata, a house debut as Clotilde in Jürgen Rose’s production of Norma at Bayerische Staatsoper, Leonora Il trovatore with Opera de Baugé and a role and house debut as Adalgisa Norma at Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile.

Further role assignments whilst on the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House included Frasquita Carmen, Xenia in a new production of Boris Godunov which was also presented at the BBC Proms, Anna Nabucco, Clotilde Norma, Ermione Oreste, Mlle Jouvenot Adriana Lecouvreur, and Giannetta L’elisir d’amore.

On the concert platform she performed Verdi’s Requiem at the Grange Festival as part of their inaugural season and was a finalist in Placido Domingo’s prestigious 2017 Operalia competition.

Borovko initially went on to study foreign languages at the Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod. Upon her graduation she enrolled at the Kazan State Conservatory where she studied under the guidance of Galina Lastovka. While still a student, she was invited to take part in the world premieres of two contemporary works and sang Stephano Roméo et Juliette in Kazan. She made her professional opera debut as Mércèdes Carmen at Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre and sang Annie and Strawberry Woman Porgy and Bess with Marco Boemi at the International Shalyapin Opera Festival.

Season 2019-20 / 378 words. Not to be altered without permission.