Olga Makarina

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Born in Archangel, Russia, Metropolitan Opera soprano Olga Makarina, made her first New York appearances at New York City Opera as Lucia di Lammermoor and has performed there as Gilda in Rigoletto, Konstanze in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio and Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Other roles in Ms Makarina’s repertoire include Ilia in Idomeneo (Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival), Violetta in La Traviata (Kirov Opera) and Eudoxie in La Juive (Opera Orchestra of New York). Ms Makarina has also appeared as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with the Minnesota Orchestra and in Orff’s Carmina Burana as well. Olga Makarina appeared twice at the Bard Festival’s Franz Liszt Commemoration in an opera gala singing scenes from Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable and Les Huguenots as well as the final scene of Norma and then as soloist in the Grand Messe of Franz Liszt. In the fall of 2006, she took on the demanding role of Elettra in Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Metropolitan Opera with James Levine conducting. She sang the role of Gilda in both the Met in the Parks and during the house season and Elvira in I puritani. At Opera Pacific she was Adina in the Jonathan Miller production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore. In November 2007 she sang Bellini’s Norma in a new production at the National Theater Prague, the title role in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia at the Slovak National Opera in Bratislava, Adina in Palm Beach, Lucia in Warsaw and performed in recital with Yefim Bronfman. She san

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Olga Makarina Sings Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov

Italian Opera Arias

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100 Essential Opera Arias, Songs & Overtures: The Very Best Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

Mozart: Arias - Exsultate Jubilate

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100 Essential Opera Arias, Songs Overtures: The Very Best Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass Mezzo Solos, Duets, Trios Choruses

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100 Essential Opera Arias, Songs & Overtures: The Very Best Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass & Mezzo Solos, Duets, Trios & Choruses from Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini & More

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100 Essential Opera Arias, Songs & Overtures: The Very Best Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

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Best of Opera Vol. 1 - Verdi, Mozart, Wagner

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Olga Makarina Sings...

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The Back-To-School Study Mix: Opera Edition

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100 Essential Opera Arias, Songs & Overtures: The Very Best Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass & Mezzo Solos, Duets, Trios & Choruses from Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini & More

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100 Essential Opera Arias, Songs & Overtures: The Very Best Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass & Mezzo Solos, Duets, Trios & Choruses

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