Antonina Vesenina

Graduated from the Voronezh Academy of Arts (2010). She won first prize at the 3rd Maxim Mikhailov International Competition for Young Opera Singers in Kaluga (2013) and second prize at the 3rd International Pavel Lisitsian Competition in Vladikavkaz (2013). In 2014 she also won a grand prix at the 1st Opera Without Borders Competition in Krasnodar. In 2010 she was invited to join the troupe of the Saint Petersburg Chamber Opera where she sang Gilda (Rigoletto), Lucia (The Rape of Lucretia) and Sister Genevieve (Suor Angelica). In 2011 she became a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers. There she sings the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and the Queen of Shemakha (The Golden Cockerel). She also works with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein where she sang the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte).