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Tatiyana Epishina

Mezzo-soprano

Elizaveta Tselikova

Diploma winner of an All-Russian competition and laureate of international competitions

Elizaveta Tselikova graduated from the Penza College of Arts (class of L. Sinotova, 2014), the Astrakhan State Conservatory (class of Associate Professor V. Usoltseva, 2019) and completed an assistant internship at the Ural State Conservatory named after M. Mussorgsky (class of the Honored Worker of the All-Russian Musical Society, Prof. L. Polyakova, 2021). During her studies, she took part in student opera performances under the direction of conductors S. Grinev, I. Smetanin, L. Egorov, stage directors D. Karygin, S. Mertemyanov.

In 2021, she took a course in French Vocal diction, organized by the Pro Vocal Diction team, with coaches: L. Levina, V. Zyablitskaya, M. Andreevskaya, K. Kuzmin. She also took part in master classes by N. Tarasova, A. Svabba, S. Afonina, E. Balakhova.

In 2023, within the framework of the Opera Institute project with the support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives, she studied for five months in the class of the Honored Artist of Russia, soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia Agunda Kulaeva.

In 2016-2017, she worked in the Lik Chamber Choir of the Astrakhan State Philharmonic under the direction of T. Rekichinskaya. She took part in the Caspian Contemporary Art Festivals (Astrakhan, 2015, 2017, 2018), in the XII Biennale Days of Modern Music in Astrakhan (2015).

Elizaveta Tselikova has been in the Company of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre since 2021. She works under the direction of conductors D. Jurowski, M. Tatarnikov, E. Volynsky, E. Nagiev. She performs the following parts on the stage of the theatre: Yaroslavna’s nanny (Prince Igor by Borodin), Dunyasha (The Tsar’s Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov), Marta (Iolanta by Tchaikovsky), Olga (Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky), Prince Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus by Strauss), Mercedes (Carmen by Bizet), Flora Bervoix (La traviata by Verdi), and others.

In 2022, she made her debut with Vanya’s part in the opera A Life for the Tsar by M. Glinka at the XIII Open-air Festival “Summer in the Tobolsk Kremlin“.

  • Rat. S. Banevich. The Steadfast Tin Soldier
  • Yaroslavna's nanny. A. Borodin. Prince Igor
  • Second lady in waiting. C. Cui. The Booted Cat
  • Grandmother. M. Krasev. Morozko
  • Marta. P. Tchaikovsky. Iolanta
  • Governess. P. Tchaikovsky. The Queen of Spades. The Game
  • Marcellina. W.A. Mozart. Le Nozze di Figaro
  • Tsaritsa. Mirror. Chernavka. V. Pleshak. The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
  • Flora Bervoix. G. Verdi. La traviata
  • Dunyasha. N. Rimsky-Korsakov. The Tsar’s Bride
  • Mercedes. G. Bizet. Carmen
  • Prince Orlovsky. J. Strauss. Die Fledermaus
  • Tortilla the Turtle. Third clown. Cashier. A. Semenov. The extraordinary adventures of Buratino
  • The Bear. A. Kulygin. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish
  • Olga. P. Tchaikovsky. Eugene Onegin
  • Old Gypsy Woman. S. Rachmaninoff. Aleko
  • The Weaver. N. Rimsky-Korsakov. The Tale of Tsar Saltan
  • Diploma winner of the III International Vocal Competition named after I. Maksakova (Astrakhan, 2016)
  • Laureate of the first degree of the International Competition Festival of performers on musical instruments and vocal art in the nomination
  • “Academic vocal” (Krasnoyarsk, 2018)
  • Scholarship of the Muslim Magomayev Cultural and Musical Heritage Foundation (Moscow, 2018)
  • Scholarship of the Governor of the Astrakhan region (Astrakhan, 2019)
  • Diploma winner of the 47th All-Russian competition of vocalists graduates of musical universities (St. Petersburg, 2019)
  • Laureate of the III degree of the International Youth Music Competition dedicated to the 140th anniversary of I. Stravinsky (2022)
  • Laureate of the III prize of the First Open All-Russian Competition of Opera Singers “Voices over the Volga” (Cheboksary, 2022)
  • Laureate of the III degree of the International Music Competition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of S. Rachmaninoff (St. Petersburg, 2023)
  • Laureate of the I degree, Diploma “For the best performance of an aria from the opera by M. Glinka” of the II International Vocal Competition named after L. Myasnikova (Novosibirsk, 2024)

Coming soon

Morozko
opera fairy-tale in 2 acts
Grandmother
Prince Igor
opera in three acts with a prologue
Nurse
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
a romantic adventure in two acts
Rat
La Traviata
opera in two acts
Flora Bervoix
The tale of tsar Saltan
opera in four acts with prologue
The Weaver, middle sister