For a huge number of Russians, Olga Borodina is a world figure who glorified our country with her unique operatic singing. For fans, hearing her unique mezzo-soprano in Covent Garden or La Scala is a real treat.
For more than a quarter of a century of Borodin's operatic career, Olga performed an unimaginable number of roles, despite the fact that she did not agree to every option, showing extreme selectivity. If the prima felt her inner unpreparedness for the party, she refused.
Admirers of Olga Vladimirovna's talent have been enthusiastically discussing the question of what is the essence of Borodina's phenomenon for more than a year? Why does her vocal data not change over time, and her voice, like twenty years ago, is bright and organic?
Working on the repertoire, Olga Borodina carefully analyzes what is offered to her. Remarkable is the fact that she never set out to be the first in the opera role.
To be fair, it should be noted that she is satisfied with the works of her contemporaries only in some cases, but a certain part still manages to work withworld star. Borodina Olga became famous thanks to her assertiveness and determination. Her magnificent voice is admired and admired by thousands of people. What was her path to fame?
Biography
Borodina Olga Vladimirovna is a native of the cultural capital. She was born on July 29, 1963. Already at the age of three, the future star announced that she wanted to become a singer, and she became interested in operatic vocals a little later. Initially, the girl wanted to perform in the choir. In childhood, not only a talent for singing began to appear, but also for choreography. Olga Borodina for a long time could not decide what she liked more - vocals or dancing. The choice was influenced by her father, who skillfully played musical instruments, as well as her mother, who skillfully sang songs. The daughter literally persuaded her to send her to the children's choir, and her mother, seeing her unbridled zeal for art, agreed. Valentina Nikolaevna Gauguin, a singing mentor, helped develop Olya's vocal talent at the very beginning of her career.
It was she who invested all her knowledge and experience in Borodina when the girl sang in the choir of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers. The result was, and what else…
Study
Olga Borodina, whose biography was just beginning, decides to seriously engage in vocals and enters the conservatory and music school. In the first educational institution, fate brings her to the talented singer Irina Petrovna Bogacheva, who will continue her education.
First success
At 23, the future starof opera art from Leningrad, won first place in the All-Russian Singing Competition, and a little later became the owner of the award when she took part in the competition for young vocalists. Glinka, held throughout the country. In general, in her student years, Olga Vladimirovna willingly went to all kinds of vocal competitions. And she shared her first award with Dmitry Hvorostovsky himself. One day, thanks to the assistance of opera prima Irina Arkhipova, Borodina will travel to American New York, where she will win the international competition. R. Poncell.
After that, she will be recognized on the street. Olga Borodina, whose photo will adorn the posters of the world's opera houses, will repeatedly recall this triumph. She really has something to be proud of.
Stage work
As a student, the girl was invited to the troupe of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater named after S. M. Kirov.
Experts noted that Olga Vladimirovna has an innate sense of style, organically combines plasticity and music, and her unique vocals can compete with Rossini's.
The prima herself noted that the first years of work in the "Kirov" theater were a difficult test for her: she worked very hard, and the salary in the temple of Melpomene left much to be desired.
Trial Balloons
The first performance on the stage of Borodina was the part of Siebel in the production of Faust. Then there was the part of Marfa in the opera Khovanshchina. The last image required maximum stage and vocal experience, in addition to the "soulful"the maturity of the artist. Several mezzo-soprano virtuosos claimed the role of Marfa at once: Evgenia Gorokhovskaya, Irina Bogacheva, Lyudmila Filatova.
Olga Borodina (opera singer) initially only attended rehearsals. Just a week before the production, she was entrusted to try her hand at the image of Martha. Accompanist Alina Rotenberg helped to work on it. Olga Vladimirovna's performance in the opera "Khovanshchina" in 1987 was a triumph: the audience noticed what talent and extraordinary beauty are hidden in the actress. Borodina was able to destroy the classic perception of Martha, turning her into an attractive young woman who has reverent feelings for her lover Andrei Khovansky.
Glory
In the late 80s, the prima received the Grand Prix and the prize for the best mezzo-soprano performance, performing at the international competition named after. Francisco Viñas, which took place in Barcelona, Spain. The unique vocal data of Olga Vladimirovna was then noted by eminent Mirella Freni and Placido Dominga.
After some time, Borodina significantly expanded the list of opera parties in the theater. Kirov. On his stage, she brilliantly reincarnated as Olga ("Eugene Onegin"), E. Kuragina ("War and Peace"), Konchakovna ("Prince Igor"), M. Mnishek ("Boris Godunov").
Europe applauds
In the early 90s, Olga Borodina (singer) went on a tour to Western countries.
Solo concert offers for herbegan to pour, as from a cornucopia. On foreign stages, the prima performed with romances by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Rossini's arias, Spanish compositions.
"When I first visited Europe, I discovered a lot of new things. This was facilitated by the fact that I was surrounded by luminaries of operatic vocals. I often spoke with Placido Domingo, and he revealed to me some of the secrets of his success. Together we worked in such productions as "Adrienne Lecouvreur" and "Samson and Dalida," the singer emphasized.
Today Olga Vladimirovna is rightfully considered the owner of one of the best voices of the opera stage. She performs arias at the Mariinsky Theatre, and her repertoire is regularly expanded. Prima in 1997 became the owner of the Golden Soffit Award. She was awarded this award for the image of Lyubasha in The Tsar's Bride. Two years later, she will receive the B altika Award for outstanding achievements in opera. In 2000, Olga Vladimirovna will be awarded the D. Shostakovich Prize.
Discography
Borodina worked quite fruitfully with the recording studio Philips Classics.
As a result of this collaboration, over 20 discs have been released. She performed compositions with such masters of opera art as Bernard Haiting, Valery Gergiev, Colin Davies. They recorded "Eugene Onegin", "Queen of Spades", "Khovanshchina".
Borodina's solo compositions should also be noted. In particular, we are talking about "Tchaikovsky's Romances", "Bolero", "Songs of Desire", a collection of songs was also recorded in collaboration withOrchestra of the National Opera of Wales, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. And this is only a small fraction of what was performed by Olga Vladimirovna.
In 2002, her concert was a triumph in the Russian capital, where she was accompanied by musicians from the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra. Borodina regularly takes part in the White Nights festival (St. Petersburg).
“I walked and continue to walk through life calmly and measuredly. Some were dissatisfied with the fact that I was not a workaholic, and if it were not for my laziness, I could have conquered even greater heights in creativity. But I don't want fame. I want to do my job with feeling, with sense, with the arrangement,”the prima once said.
Life off the stage
The owner of a mezzo-soprano considers herself a lucky woman.
She loves being in nature, reading. Olga Borodina, whose personal life is hidden behind seven seals, is the mother of three children - Vladimir, Alexei and Maxim. Journalists wrote a lot about the prima's romance with the Russian tenor Ildar Abdrazakov. A feeling flared up between them when Olga Vladimirovna was already a big celebrity. Moreover, the novice soloist Abdrazakov was significantly younger than his beloved. One way or another, but for both it was not the first marriage. Borodina gave birth to Ildar's son Vladimir, and after a while their union broke up.
The opera prima appreciates devotion and honesty most of all in people, and hates lies and betrayal.
