Olga Peretyatko - opera prima of the new time

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:55

Administrators of the most famous opera houses around the world spent a long time learning how to pronounce her funny Ukrainian surname correctly. And we learned - the work schedule of the Russian opera star is scheduled for several years ahead: Olga Peretyatko is one of the most sought-after opera singers.

She is a rare combination of youth and beauty, hard work, strong character and a unique soprano.

On stage since I was 15

Olga Alexandrovna Peretyatko - a native Petersburger, was born on May 21, 1980 in the city, also called Leningrad. Her father, a baritone, sings in the choir of the Mariinsky Theatre, so from early childhood he introduced his daughter to music. The first musical performance that the future opera singer Olga Peretyatko listened to at the age of 3 was Faust.

Soon, little Olya sang everywhere - both at school and at home, and then she herself began to appear on the stage of the famous Mariinsky Theater as part of a children's choir. She graduated with honors from the Musical College at the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory with a degree in choral conducting. To the vocal department of the conservatory OlgaPeretyatko could not enter, but she did not stop singing.

First teacher

Gogolevskaya wonderfully performs soprano parts on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater, where she works, took part in productions of other theaters. Connoisseurs appreciate the strength and special timbre of her voice, which they call Wagnerian - it is in the operas of this composer that he is especially expressive. She is also respected for another type of creative activity - she leads the vocal class at the People's Philharmonic Society, which is open in the Vyborg Palace of Culture in St. Petersburg. Olga Peretyatko was also her student.

After listening to the future star, she advised me to change the direction of voice development - instead of a mezzo-soprano, strive for a higher and lighter register. After the initial setting of the singing technique, Larisa Anatolyevna recommended that the student definitely continue her studies. With the advent of the new century, Olga Peretyatko entered the Hans Eisler Higher School of Music in Berlin. She came to the German capital as a tourist, and the decision to pass the initial audition with a vocal professor was spontaneous, but successful.

The start of a dizzying career

In Berlin, the next leading teacher for Olga was the Canadian singer Brenda Mitchell. Classes and consultations with her and other masters continue now. Singer Olga Peretyatko began to enter the theater stage after the third year of her studies in Berlin, after successfully participating in a number of international vocal competitions. The most significant was Operalia,held under the patronage of the great Placido Domingo in Paris.

She performed her first roles on the stages of the German Opera in Berlin and the Staatsoper Hamburg, in operas by Handel and Mozart. The performance of the young singer in the play Journey to Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro (Italy) in 2006 attracted the attention of the world's leading opera directors and theater managers, and proposals for cooperation poured in from all sides.

The stage is the whole world

The singer's career quickly gained momentum, characteristic of a world-class superstar. In her arsenal, the best classical soprano parts are complemented by works by contemporary composers from different countries. Among them are Stravinsky's The Nightingale, staged in Toronto, New York, Lyon and Amsterdam; she sang the role of Adina from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore at the Lille Opera and at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden; She sang Gilda from Verdi's Rigoletto at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, as well as in Madrid, Vienna, Paris, Berlin and New York.

Among those with whom the singer collaborates are the greatest personalities from the world of music. She went on the same stage with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Rolando Villazon and other vocal stars. She sang to the music of orchestras conducted by the legendary Daniel Barenboim, Yuri Temirkanov, Zubin Meta, Mark Minkowski, Lorinn Maazel. The stage directors of the performances in which the singer participated were the famous Dmitry Chernyakov, Claudia Solti, Bartlett Sher, Richard Eyreand others.

Private life

The Italian city of Pariso is an important place for the singer. Success at the festival, which is held there, played an important role in launching her brilliant career. Giacomo Rossini, to whom this festival of music is dedicated, is the author of many operas in which Olga Peretyatko sings brilliantly. Her husband, Michele Mariotti, a conductor in demand by many theaters on the planet, was born in this city, and here they met.

The wedding was also played in Parisot in 2012. Young celebrities live in Berlin, but a busy work schedule does not allow them to be together in their house. Only when they get to work on one project do they get the opportunity to spend more time together. The New York Metropolitan Opera's performance of The Puritani, restored in the spring of 2014, became such an opportunity. In the previous version, the part of Elvira was sung by Joanne Sutherland, whom Peretyatko considers one of his idols.

Star of the new generation

Olga Peretyatko, whose biography as a singer began in the 21st century, is distinguished by a rare combination of qualities that make her a star of a new level. This is a unique voice and a great international vocal school, passionate emotionality and artistic talent. In addition - knowledge of several European languages, a professional attitude to their own visual image. This is the key to today's and future creative success.