Eleonora Vindau ( uk, Eлеонора Віндау; born 19 August 1986) is a Ukrainian
soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
opera singer. She sang the role of Dunyasha in the world premiere of
Alexander Smelkov's opera ''The Station Master'', staged at the Concert Hall of the
Mariinsky Theatre in 2011 and is a laureate of IV All-Russian Nadezhda Obukhova Young Opera Singers' Competition (Lipetsk, 2008) and the VIII International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers' Competition (St Petersburg, 2008)
Life and career
Vindau was born in
Kyiv and graduated from the
Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music of Ukraine in 2009. Since 2007, she has been a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers and has toured with the
Mariinsky Opera
The Mariinsky Theatre ( rus, Мариинский театр, Mariinskiy teatr, also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music th ...
where her repertoire includes:
* Xenia in ''
Boris Godunov
Borís Fyodorovich Godunóv (; russian: Борис Фёдорович Годунов; 1552 ) ruled the Tsardom of Russia as ''de facto'' regent from c. 1585 to 1598 and then as the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605. After the end of his ...
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* Brigitta in ''
Iolanta
''Iolanta'', Op. 69, (russian: Иоланта, links=no ) is a lyric opera in one act by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. It was the last opera he composed. The libretto was written by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, and is based on the Danish play ' ...
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* Dunyasha in ''The Station Master''
* Zerlina in ''
Don Giovanni
''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...
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* Countess Almaviva and Susanna in ''
Le nozze di Figaro''
* Despina in ''
Così fan tutte
(''All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers''), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte w ...
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* Papagena ''
Die Zauberflöte''
* Pedro in ''
Don Quichotte''
* Echo in ''
Ariadne auf Naxos''
* Soprano soloist in
Handel's ''Messiah''
Internationally, she has sung Birgitta in ''Iolanta'' at the
Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona (2013) and the
Théâtre du Capitole
The Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse is an opera house within the main administration buildings, the Capitole, of the city of Toulouse in south-west France. It houses an opera company, ballet company and symphony orchestra, Orchestre nation ...
in Toulouse (2010). In 2011 she sang Lauretta in ''
Betrothal in a Monastery
''Betrothal in a Monastery'' (Russian title ''Обручение в монастыре'') is an opera in nine scenes (four acts) by Sergei Prokofiev to a Russian libretto by the composer and Mira Mendelson after Sheridan's ''The Duenna''.
Proko ...
'' at the
Opéra-Comique
The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...
in Paris and the Théâtre du Capitole.
Vindau was married to the Ukrainian baritone
Andrei Bondarenko.
[ BBC News (17 June 2011)]
"Cardiff Singer of the World finalists battle for crown"
References
External links
Profile at Askonas Holt Artist Management.
A debut in the opera ''Le nozze di Figaro''.
A debut in the opera ''Don Quixote'' on the stage of the Bolshoi theatre.
St. Petersburg: Weiße Nächte am Mariinsky Theater — ''Nozze di Figaro'' / ''Götterdämmerung''.
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1986 births
Musicians from Kyiv
Living people
Ukrainian operatic sopranos
Kyiv Conservatory alumni
21st-century Ukrainian women opera singers