Zhanna Alkhazova is thrilled to join the Des Moines Metro West Opera as an Apprentice Artist in the summer
of 2010.
In 2010 she will make
her debut with Opera Manhattan as the First Lady in Die Zauberflöte.
Ms. Alkhazova’s
operatic credits include First and Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte,
Dependent in The Nose, Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Ludmila in The Bartered Bride, Dido in Dido
and Aeneas, Infirmiera and La Badessa in Suor Angelica, and partial roles of Tatiana in Eugene Onegin,
Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Mimi in La Boheme and Marguerite in Faust. Internationally Ms. Alkhazova has performed in Chiari, Italy in the partial role of Donna Elvira from Don
Giovanni, and toured the Republic of Ireland as the soprano soloist in Honegger’s King David.
Ms. Alkhazova has
performed with such companies as Opera Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Providence, MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players,
Vocal Arts, MassTheatrica, OperaWorks of Los Angeles, CA, OperaHub, Longwood Opera and Opera del West.
Ms. Alkhazova has been
selected to participate in the 2010 International “Nightingale” singing Competition in Kalinigrad, Russia. Ms.
Alkhazova has also been the winner of the Rhode Island NATS Competition and the finalist in the Lakes Region Opera Competition.
She is also the recipient of the Robert P. Manero Award and the Samuel Vaillancourt Folk Art Memorial Scholarship.
A native of Moscow, Russia,
Ms. Alkhazova is a long time resident of the Northeast. She has received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance in
2008. She currently studied with the renowned soprano Maria Spacagna in New York City and coaches with the Metropolitan Opera
coach Joan Dornemann, the Metropolitan Opera Assistant Conductor Yelena Kurdina.
