Marina Vyskvorkina

Marina Vyskvorkina is a soprano of Russian origin, whose international career started in 1998 with series of concerts (e. g. Orff – Carmina Burana and Bach – Magnificat) at the international music festivals in Prague and Český Krumlov). From the opera roles of her repertoire we should name in particular Violetta (Verdi – La traviata), which she has presented a the Vienna and Hamburg State Operas, at the Prague State Opera, Prague and Brno National Theatres, Odessa State Opera; and Gilda of Verdi’s Rigoletto, which she performed in at the American Connecticut Grand Opera, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the Prague State Opera and the Prague National Theatre. At the opera houses in Vienna, Stamford, Parma, Piacenza and Karlsruhe Vyskvorkina appeared in the title role of Dinizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. In Berlin and Prague she sang Musetta (Puccini – La Bohème), Giulietta (Bellini – The Capulets and the Montagues) at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Juliette (Gounod – Roméo et Juliette) in Connecticut, and Manon (Auber – Manon Lescaut) at the festival in Irish Wexford. At the Prague State Opera she also appeared as Ophelia in Thomas’s Hamlet, Queen of the Night (Mozart – Magic Flute) and Oscar (Verdi – Masked Ball). At the Brno National Theatre Vyskvorkina appeared in the three-role of Olympia, Giulietta and Antonia in Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann.

Amongst her concert appearances we should mention Brahms’s German Requiem, Debussy’s Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, Shuman’s Requiem or Poulenc’s Gloria. She cooperated with such notable conductors as are for instance Serge Baudo, Zdeněk Mácal, Tamas Vasary, Howard Griffiths or Graeme Jenkins.

In 1997 Marina Vyskvorkina became absolute winner of the 32nd International Singing Contest of Antonín Dvořák in Karlovy Vary. In 2000 she won the 2nd International Singing Contest Gianfranco Masini Credem in Reggio Emilia in Italy.