Mariinsky Theatre Guest Soloist
• Prize-winner at the 13th Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers (St Petersburg, 2021; 1st prize)
• Prize-winner at the 11th International Vocal Contest named after Zara Dolukhanova Amber Nightingale (Kaliningrad, 2018; 3rd prize)
• Finalist at the 7th Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (Norrköping, Sweden, 2018)
Zinaida Tsarenko was born in Khabarovsk. In 2020 she graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Olga Kondina).
In 2021 she became a fellow of the Atkins Young Artists Program at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2016 Zinaida made her debut at the theatre, appearing in a concert by students of Olga Kondina and Vladimir Vaneyev; in 2022 she took part for the first time in a Mariinsky Theatre opera performance, singing the role of Olga in Eugene Onegin (chamber version).
Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre:
Fenena (Nabucco)
Emilia (Otello)
Olga (Eugene Onegin)
Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans)
Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride)
Princess Clarice (The Love for Three Oranges)
Information for March 2023