LYUBOV PETROVA

Opera News hails Lyubov Petrova as a “soprano of ravishing, changeable beauty, blazing high notes and magnetic stage presence.” In the 2017-18 season, she sings her first performances of Freia in Das Rheingold with both the London Philharmonic and Odense Symphony Orchestra, and returns to the Metropolitan Opera for their productions of Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte. Recently, she sang her first performances of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin with Florida Grand Opera, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, and Sofya in Prokofiev’s Semyon Kotko with Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest at the Concertgebouw. In her native Russia, she has sung Violetta in La traviata, Lyudmila in Glinka’s Ruslan i Lyudmila, the title role in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snow Maiden, and Marfa in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar’s Bride. She was also featured as the Queen of the Night on the 2006 film of The Magic Flute directed by Kenneth Branagh.

VLADMIR FELTSMAN

Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman is one of the most versatile and constantly interesting musicians of our time. His vast repertoire encompasses music from the Baroque to 20th-century composers. A regular guest soloist with leading symphony orchestras in the United States and abroad, he appears in the most prestigious concert series and music festivals all over the world.