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Olga Vladimirovna Borodina (born 29 July 1963, in Saint Petersburg)〔(Borodina, Olga ) as RussiaProfile.org〕 is a leading 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. In 1992, Borodina made her debut in ''Samson and Delilah'' at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden with Plácido Domingo.〔 She performs frequently at the Metropolitan Opera and the San Francisco Opera and many other opera houses in roles including Cinderella in ''La Cenerentola'', Marguérite in ''La damnation de Faust'', Eboli in ''Don Carlos'', Principessa in ''Adriana Lecouvreur'', Carmen in the opera of the same name, Marfa in ''Khovanshchina'', and Amneris in ''Aida''. Borodina is known for her "plush" voice.〔("Working Out Those Royal Father-Son Issues on a Grand Stage" ) by Anthony Tommasini, ''The New York Times'', 2 December 2006〕〔("Rotterdam Philharmonic/Gergiev" ), by Erica Jeal, ''The Guardian'', 22 August 2003〕〔("Rossini’s ''L’italiana'' à la russe at the Met; Florez shines" ) by Robert Levine at ClassicsToday.com〕 She has received recognition as a People's Artist of Russia in 2002, the first prize gold medal of the 1998 Rosa Ponselle Vocal Competition,〔(Links to opera singers ) at RosaPonselle.com〕 and also won the Barcelona competition in 1989.〔(Olga Borodina ) at Mariinsky Theatre〕 She was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2006).〔(Президент России ) 〕 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 Gergiyev with the Mariinsky company. Her Russian heritage is very important to her: I'm one of the mad people who need their roots. I take nourishment from my native land, my motherland. I want my children to study in Russia, because they are Russian. I think this is tremendously important. But life in St Petersburg is becoming tougher by the day and the Russian spirit, the spirituality that was part and parcel of Russian culture, is almost not there any more.〔("'He's still very angry" ), interview by Stephen Everson, ''The Guardian'', 28 July 2005〕 She pulled out of a production of ''Carmen'' at La Scala because the recitatives were spoken instead of sung,〔("The ambitious diva with designs to direct" ) by Galina Stolyarova, ''The St. Petersburg Times''〕 and left rehearsals at the Royal Opera House for ''Aida'', directed by Robert Wilson, because she found the conductor's (Antonio Pappano) "approach too alien to the opera".〔 In 2006, the management of the Vienna State Opera "decided to distance itself from an engagement (Borodina ), not just for this production but also for all others" on the night of the première of ''L'italiana in Algeri''.〔("Vienna State Opera Fires Olga Borodina" ) by Matthew Westphal, ''Playbill'', 20 June 2006〕 Borodina was scheduled to sing at the Vienna State Opera in ''Aida'' in March 2013. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olga Borodina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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