Julia Novikova received two awards — the First Prize as best female voice and also the Audience Prize at Operalia 2009 Plácido Domingo The World Opera Competition
Pécs – Budapest
July 25th – August 1st 2009
Julia Novikova received two awards — the First Prize as best female voice and also the Audience Prize at Operalia 2009 Plácido Domingo The World Opera Competition
Pécs – Budapest
July 25th – August 1st 2009
Julia Novikova studied opera singing at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (prof. Olga Kondina) in her native city, St. Petersburg, and made her first stage experience during her study, singing Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Serpina in La Serva Padrona, and Marfa in The Tsar's Bride.
Julia Novikova made her professional stage debut with Mariinsky theatre, performing Flora in The Turn of the Screw (Valery Gergiev, conductor).
During 2006-2008 she has performed Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Queen of Shemakha in The Golden Cockerel, Gilda in Rigoletto in Theater Dortmund and Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte in Oper Frankfurt.
In 2008-2010 she returned with Königin der Nacht to Oper Frankfurt and also performed Königin der Nacht in Bonn, Hamburg and Vienna State Opera and in Staatsoper Unter den Linden. During 2008-2010 she also performed Medoro in Vivaldi's Orlando Furioso, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera, and Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (all in Bonn), Gilda in Rigoletto (Lübeck and,Bonn), Olympia in Les Contes d´Hoffmann (Komische Oper Berlin) and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos (Strasbourg).
Recent and upcoming engagements include Gilda in Rigoletto (Komische Oper Berlin and Bonn), Olympia in Les Contes d´Hoffmann (Komische Oper Berlin and Oper Frankfurt), Adina in L´elisir d´amore, Amina in La Sonnambula (Bonn), Gretel in Hänsel and Gretel (Lyon), Norina in Don Pasquale (Washington) and the roles of Zerbinetta, Königin der Nacht, Oscar, and Adina in Vienna State Opera.
She appeared in a New Years concert with Duisburger Philharmonic Orchestra, a solo recital at the Muziekdriedaagse Festival in The Hague, Netherlands, concerts in Bordeaux, Paris, Champs-Elysées and Nancy, a Solo Concert at the Grachten Festival in Amsterdam and Opera High Lights Concert in Carnegie Hall, New York.
Upcoming concert engagements include Gala Concert in Budapest National Opera (cond. Adam Fisher)
Julia Novikova is a Prize Winner of Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition in Sweden (3rd Prize, 2006), Concours de Geneve (Audience Prize, 2007), Neue Stimmen, Germany (Audience Prize, 2007), and Musik Debüt, Germany (1st Prize, January 2008).
She has won both the 1st Prize and the Audience Prize at OPERALIA 2009 Plácido Domingo The World Opera Competition in Budapest.
April 2010