Elena Tsallagova

Recent highlights include: Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen at the Bayerische Staastoper, Zdenka Arabella, Gilda Rigoletto, Oscar Un ballo in Maschera, Pamina Die Zauberflöte at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donna Fiorilla Il turco in Italia at Hamburg State Opera, La princesse Eudoxie La Juive at Grand Théâtre de Genève, La Vierge Jeanne d’Arc at Salzburg Festival and the title role in Alcina at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.

A former member of the Bayerische Staatsoper and Deutsche Oper ensembles, Tsallagova remains a regular guest at these houses performing roles such as Mimi La bohème, Liù Turandot, Donna Clara Der Zwerg, Violetta La traviata and Berthe Le prophète. She made her debut with Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 2009 as Nannetta Falstaff, returning to the festival in the same role, and then again as Vixen The Cunning Little Vixen and Donna Fiorilla Il turco in Italia. She is also regularly reinvited to the Teatro Real, Dutch National Opera, Opéra National du Rhin, The Rossini Opera, Salzburger and Bregenzer festivals and Opéra National de Paris, where she debuted as Sophie Werther and Mélisande Pelléas et Mélisande having previously been a member of their Atelier Lyrique programme for young artists.

Equally prolific on the concert platform, Tsallagova has most recently performed Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Handel Messiah at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Salzburger Festspiele and Mozarteum Salzburg. She works regularly with James Gaffigan and both the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Her extensive discography includes Martinů Larmes de coteau with Staatsorchester Stuttgart [C Major, 2022], Handel Messiah with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Vienna Philharmonia Chorus [UNITEL, 2020], Bizet Carmen at Bergenz Festival [C Major, 2017], Mayr Medea In Corinto with the Bayerische Staatsoper [UNITEL, 2010], Debussy Pelleas et Mélisande [UNITEL, 2013] and Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen [Medici Arts, 2008] with Opéra National de Paris. The DVD of the latter production was awarded DVD of the year at the 2009 Victoires de la musique.

Tsallagova studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory, and after winning first prize in the Rachmaninov competition, began performing at the Mariinsky Theatre before continuing her studies in Europe.

2023/24 season / 530 words. Not to be altered without permission.