Olga Borodina

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Olga Vladimirovna Borodina (born 29 July 1963 in Saint Petersburg) is a leading dramatic mezzo-soprano, known for her roles in Russian operas at her home company, the Mariinsky Theatre, and for her international performing and recording career in a varied repertoire. Borodina made her debut in Samson and Delilah at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Placido Domingo. She performs frequently at the Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera and many other opera houses in roles including La Cenerentola, Marguérite in La damnation de Faust, Eboli in Don Carlos, Principessa in Adriana Lecouvreur, Carmen, Marfa in Khovanshchina and Amneris in Aida. Borodina is known for her "plush" voice. She has received recognition as a People's Artist of Russia in 2002, the first prize gold medal of the Rosa Ponselle Vocal Competition, and also won the Barcelona competition in 1989. She was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2006). She was one of the winners of the 2007 Opera News Awards for distinguished achievement. Borodina is featured in many Russian opera recordings on Philips conducted by Valery Gergiev with the Mariinsky company. Her Russian heritage is very important to her: User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Russian Christmas

Arias

Olga Borodina / Portrait

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Songs of Desire

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Rachmaninov: Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op.37

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite; Alexander Nevsky

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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

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Voices of Opera: Sopranos

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Arias & Duets

Divos & Divas

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Rachmaninov: Vespers & Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

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"Bolero" - A Spanish Songbook

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