About
Born in Moscow, she is one of the most interesting mezzo-sopranos of her generation.
Anastasia Boldyreva has performed in the major Italian stages, collaborating with conductors of the caliber of Zubin Mehta, Michail Jurowski, Michele Mariotti, Daniel Oren, Placido Domingo, Gianandrea Noseda, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Bernard de Billy, Donato Renzetti and Andrea Battistoni.
He began studying singing with Maestro Igor Chernov, continuing his studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, then specializing under the guidance of Bernadette Manca di Nissa at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He also attended the European Academy of Aix-en-Provence Festival resulting, just twenty years old, winner of the international tour "HSBC young artists".
To these first successes, numerous victories and prizes must be added in international competitions, including the first prize in the competition "Giulio Neri" (chaired by Maestro Claudio Desderi) and in the contest "Piccollomini", third prize in the contest "Ferruccio Tagliavini ”in Austria.
In August 2016, Anastasia Boldyreva, debuted in the role of Carmen at the Arena di Verona, under the direction of Xu Zhong and Julian Kovatchev, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and that of Amneris in Aida, under the direction of Daniel Oren and Andrea Battistoni.
During the 2016/17 season he plays Mrs. Quickly in Falstaff at the Carlo Felice in Genoa, again Amneris in Aida at the Arena di Verona, with Andrea Battistoni and Cavalleria Rusticana at the Comunale of Bologna, with Michele Mariotti.
Among the most significant commitments of the 2017/18 season are Eugenij Onegin (Olga) at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste under the direction of Fabrizio Maria Carminati, Rigoletto (Maddalena) alongside Leo Nucci at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa under the direction of Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Suor Angelica (Zia Principessa) with Donato Renzetti at the Teatro Lirico of Cagliari, the very difficult role of Klementia in Hindemith's Sancta Susanna at the Lyric Theater of Cagliari, Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Rigoletto (Maddalena) at the Ljubljana Festival , Aida (Amneris) at the Aspendos Opera and Ballet Festival, in Turkey.
Among his most important interpretations in previous years we mention Andrea Chenier at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa under the direction of Daniel Oren, Prokofiev's cantata Alexander Nevsky directed by Michail Jurowski at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples (broadcast by Rai Tre) and at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Carmen directed by Placido Domingo directed by Franco Zeffirelli at the Verona Arena, Ivan Il Terribile by Prokofiev with the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan directed by Zhang Xian, Madama Butterfly at the Opera House Rome directed by Daniel Oren and Pinchas Steinberg, The Fairy Tale by Don Carlo (Princess Eboli) taken from Verdi's opera in co-production with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira) for the Lucca Opera Festival, Rigoletto (Maddalena) by Verdi at the Varese Ligure Festival, Thrace at the Florence Opera House directed by Zubin Mehta, Madama Butterfly at the Baths of Caracalla.