Olga Borodina

The star of the Mariinsky Theater, an opera diva with a unique and surprisingly pure mezzo-soprano, easily conquered the world stage. Olga Borodina, taking the "height" of the legendary "Mariinsky", playfully put Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala at her feet.

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The partners of the brilliant prima on stage were Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and Raul Jimenez, and the orchestras that accompanied her singing were conducted by Valery Gergiev, James Levine and Claudio Abbado, whose names are inscribed in gold in the tablets of world art.

Today, the singer's fans are racking their brains over solving the phenomenon, trying in vain to understand how their favorite manages to keep her voice the same as it was many years ago.

Olga Borodina was born in the summer of 1963 in Leningrad. The girl's future was a foregone conclusion, because she was lucky to appear in a family where singing and music are everyday life. Although the head of the family, Vladimir Borodin, headed the design department at the factory, he was a skilled musician - he played several instruments.

The mother of the future prima Galina Fyodorovna is a happy owner of a strong and amazing voice, which was passed on to her daughter "by inheritance."

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Olya learned to sing and speak at the same time, while the girl danced well. These two talents at first confused her: young Borodina for a long time tossed between vocals and choreography. But singing and music won, which is not so much the merit of Olga as her first mentor Valentina Gagen: the woman led the choir of the city Palace of Pioneers and knew how to infect students with love for vocal art.

What to do after graduation, the girl did not think about it - she continued to improve her vocals at the music school, and then at the conservatory.

The creative biography of the opera star at the conservatory developed rapidly. In 1987, the third-year student made her debut on the stage of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. Kirov: Olga was entrusted with the role of Siebel in the opera Faust. Borodina did so well that she was immediately accepted into the team. The first conductor of the soloist was the renowned Valery Gergiev, who sat down in the artistic director's chair after the departure of Yuri Temirkanov.

The first theatrical season, in which Borodina participated, was marked by the Musorgsky festival. The Kirovtsy staged five of his operas, including the famous Khovanshchina.

Unexpectedly for everyone, the aspiring soloist got the age role of Martha. Previously, this work was entrusted to mature singers with considerable stage and, importantly, life baggage behind them. After all, it was necessary to enter the role of an elderly woman, tormented by the suffering of her last love. The betrayal of Prince Khovansky brings Martha torment, but the princess needs to save her face and dignity.

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For a girl who recently turned 20 years old, this is a daunting task, but Borodina, together with accompanist Alina Rotenberg, coped with her - her Martha received a new reading, bold and unexpected. The young artist bypassed her colleagues - three highly experienced primaries of Kirovsky who auditioned for the role of Martha.

The premiere of Khovanshchina brought the soloist her first triumph, her performance was called the main sensation of the season, and her colleagues and opera fans realized that a new star had risen. Music critics have noted the vocalist's "Rossini" voice - a rare coloratura mezzo-soprano and rich timbre, combined with a wide vocal range of the opera singer.

At that time, the artist already had a significant award in the piggy bank - in 1986, Borodina won the I All-Russian Vocal Competition. And in 1987 she shared with Dmitry Hvorostovsky the first prize of the XII All-Union Competition. M. Glinka, in which young vocalists competed. The singer amazed the opera diva and the teacher who headed the jury, Irina Arkhipova, who helped her young colleague to get on the world stage as soon as possible.

The further career of the prima is brilliant: Olga Borodina won the most difficult, in 4 rounds, competition, which was held in New York in honor of the legend of the opera Rosa Ponsel. The award is an engagement for concerts in America. In 1989, she was awarded the Grand Prix in Barcelona, ​​at the international competition. Francisco Vinyasa. Then the voice of the Russian opera singer was appreciated by Placido Domingo, and the famous Mirella Freni saw an inexhaustible potential in the Russian woman.

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Borodina's repertoire rapidly expanded with the roles of Olga in Eugene Onegin, Polina in The Queen of Spades, Konchakovna in Knyaz Igor, Marina Mnishek in Boris Godunov. Olga masterly performs Tchaikovsky's romances, Rossini's arias, Spanish songs. Lyubava's aria from the opera "Sadko" is another masterpiece from the singer that arouses admiration among subtle connoisseurs of opera performance.

In the early 1990s, the Russian diva became a sensational discovery for Western opera fans. She is bombarded with offers to give recitals on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, the San Francisco Opera and La Scala. Borodin, at the suggestion of maestro Mstislav Rostropovich, goes on a joint tour with him.

In the 1990s, Olga Borodina sang in tandem with Placido Domingo in the play Samson and Delilah at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Delilah's aria for the vocalist is a favorite and has become a visiting card.

Borodina is a welcome guest at the Salzburg Festival and the Paris Opera. In the early 2000s, the prima performed at Carnegie Hall in a recital, accompanied by James Levine himself. The contract with the Philips Classics label has resulted in two dozen albums.

The opera star calls herself a happy woman. Olga Borodina has four children - three sons and a daughter. It is known that the singer gave birth to one of the sons - Vladimir-Amir - from the famous opera tenor, and today the world celebrity, Ildar Abdrazakov.

Their swift and stormy romance made a lot of noise, because at the time of their acquaintance Abdrazakov was married, his little daughter Elvira was growing up, whom Olga Trifonova, the soloist of the Mariinsky, gave birth to her husband in 2001.

In addition, the singer is 13 years younger than Borodina. But mutual passion overcame all obstacles, and in 2003 Borodina gave her husband a son. It was her third child. There is no information about the father of the first two children.

In 2014, rumors spread about the couple's divorce, which Olga Borodina soon confirmed.

The woman values ​​her family and carefully avoids questions about her personal life. Who is the father of the fourth child - daughter Alexandra - is unknown. The star does not have pages on Facebook and Instagram, and there are no photos with children and husband on the Internet.

The golden mezzo-soprano and opera star are still in demand today. But Borodina claims that now he is in no hurry to agree to all the tempting offers, choosing only the best.

In the spring of 2018, the People's Artist celebrated the 30th anniversary of her creative activity. Olga Borodina celebrated the date at the Mariinsky stage, performing the main role in the opera Carmen.

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In January 2019, fans again enjoyed the prima singing: Borodina performed on the stage of her native Mariinsky Theater, performing the part in the opera Boris Godunov. The theater troupe dedicated the performance to the 145th anniversary of the world premiere of the immortal creation of Modest Mussorgsky.

Siebel (Faust, Ch. Gounod) Laura (The Stone Guest, A. Dargomyzhsky) Olga (Eugene Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky) Polina, Milovzor (The Queen of Spades, P. Tchaikovsky) Konchakovna (Prince Igor ", A. Borodin) Martha (" Khovanshchina ", M. Mussorgsky) Marina Mnishek (" Boris Godunov ", M. Mussorgsky) Salambo (" Salambo ", M. Mussorgsky) Lyubasha (" The Tsar's Bride ", N. Rimsky-Korsakov ) Helen Bezukhova (War and Peace, S. Prokofiev) Angelina (Cinderella, G. Rossini) Isabella (The Italian in Algeria, G. Rossini) Amneris (Aida, G. Verdi) Princess Eboli ( Don Carlos ", G. Verdi) Preziosilla (" The Force of Destiny ", G. Verdi) Laura Adorno (" La Gioconda ", A. Ponchielli) Princess de Bouillon (" Adriana Lecouvreur ", F. Chilea) Delilah (" Samson and Delilah " , C. Saint-Saens) Marguerite ("The Condemnation of Faust", G. Berlioz) Carmen ("Carmen", J. Bizet)

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