Canadian dramatic soprano Anna Shafajinskaia born in Odessa, Ukraine. She graduated The Music Gnesin’s University, Moscow, Russia.
Gained international recognition when she was invited to appear as Tosca opposite Luciano Pavarotti, as a result of her winning
The 5th Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition; Winner of over a dozen prestigious international vocal competitions,
including The Bilbao International in Spain; Enrico Caruso and so on... Winner of The Best Debut Artists Award at NYCOpera.
She has been nominated for The Maria Callas Award at Dallas.
Anna has emerged as one of the most important dramatic sopranos of our time. Her debut in "Turandot”
with WNO was called "A sensation" Rodney Milnes "The Times", "Opera" magazine and her Princess Turandot at The Royal
Opera House/Covent Garden, being praised as "reminiscent of Callas" Matthew Connolly "The Times";
"She sings with great assurance and truly imperious quality that few achieve" - "Opera" magazine, London.
Anna is an acclaimed guest at many of the world's opera companies including:
The Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Opera National de Paris (Bastille); Opera de Nice; Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona);
Teatro Real (Madrid); The New National Theatre (Tokyo); Teatro Massimo (Palermo); Teatro Comunale (Florence);
Torre del Lago Puccini's Festival; NCPA (Beijing); Guangzhou Opera; Deutsche Oper (Berlin); Oper Frankfurt;
Semperoper in Dresden; New York City Opera; Dallas Opera; Michigan Opera ( Detroit);
Nederlandse Opera; The Amsterdam's Concertgebouw; Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg);
Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow); Finnish National Opera; Den Norske Opera (Oslo);
Opera National de Montpellier; Royal Opera de Wallonie (Liege); Welsh National Opera;
Florida Grand Opera (Miami); San Diego; Kentucky; New Orleans; Columbus; Nacionale Opera (Mexico City);
Bremen’s Summer Festival; Opera de Montreal; Opera Festival of New Jersey;
VIDEO: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
*For a more detailed biography and a complete repertoire list, please contact the Agency
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Turandot, Welsh National Opera, 2011
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"Shafajinskaia's platinum-plated soprano glints
with menace, but there's enough in the emotional tank
to make one of Turandot's last and the revealing lines,
"my glory is over", sound more then a little poignant."
Neil Fisher, "The Times", May 31, 2011.
“Shafajinskaia, who has achieved success as Turandot, Lady Macbeth and Gioconda managed to satisfy the composer’s
demands for a large voice capable of reaching high notes and also operating with considerable power in the lower registers.
Her voice sounds like a mezzo with a high reach.”
“Opera News”, 2007.
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