Albina Shagimuratova, coloratura soprano

Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto

Previous Engagements at HGO:

• Musetta in Puccini's La bohéme (2008)
  
• Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute (2008)
• Frantik in Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen (2007)
• Sandman and Dew Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel - HGO debut (2006)

Recent Engagements:

• Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata with the Moscow Academic Music Theatre
• The Swan in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of Tsar Sultan with the Moscow Academic Music Theatre
• Queen of Shemakha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel with the Moscow Academic Music Theatre
• Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with The Grande Opera of Kazan

Awards/Accolades/Recordings:

• Recently named People’s Artist of the Republic of Tatar
  
• Gold medal winner of the 2007 Tchaikovsky Competition
• Winner, M. Glinka International Competition of Opera Singers
• 2nd place winner, 2003 Irina Bogacheva International Competition for Singers
• 3rd place winner, 2005 Francisco Viñas International Vocal Competition

Did you know?

• Ms. Shagimuratova is a native of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• She is an HGO Studio alumna
  
• Ms. Shagimuratova studied at Auhadeev Music College in Kazan, the Kazan State Conservatory and holds a doctoral degree from the Moscow State Conservatory
• She has participated in the International Voice Institute in Moscow for three years