Biography
A combination of musical sensitivity, superlative technique and strong stage presence marks Elena Pankratova out from among a new generation of dramatic sopranos. The spectacular success of her first Dyer's Wife in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Florence May Festival in 2010 under the direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta proved an important breakthrough for her career that also succeeded in invitations from such renowned theatres as La Scala (2012), Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires (2013), the Bavarian State Opera (2013, 2014, 2017), the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2014), the Royal Danish Opera (2015) and the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden (2018). Her rendition of the Dyer’s Wife in all of these theatres was met with enormous success. Elena Pankratova is the first Russian drama
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2002 — Yesterday
"Elektra"（Concert Style／With Subtitles), Strauss
Spring Festival in TokyoElektra (Electra)
View cast and crewWagner 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' Gala Concert, Wagner, Richard
Spring Festival in TokyoSieglinde + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewDie Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow), Strauss
Wiener StaatsoperDie Färberin (The dyer's wife)
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Wagner 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' Gala Concert, Wagner, Richard
Spring Festival in TokyoSieglinde + 1 roles
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Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow), Strauss
Wiener StaatsoperDie Färberin (The dyer's wife)
View cast and crewUpcoming performances
9Turandot, Puccini
The Metropolitan OperaTurandot
View cast and crewElektra (Electra), Strauss
Bavarian State OperaElektra (Electra)
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Biography
A combination of musical sensitivity, superlative technique and strong stage presence marks Elena Pankratova out from among a new generation of dramatic sopranos. The spectacular success of her first Dyer's Wife in Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Florence May Festival in 2010 under the direction of Maestro Zubin Mehta proved an important breakthrough for her career that also succeeded in invitations from such renowned theatres as La Scala (2012), Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires (2013), the Bavarian State Opera (2013, 2014, 2017), the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (2014), the Royal Danish Opera (2015) and the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden (2018). Her rendition of the Dyer’s Wife in all of these theatres was met with enormous success. Elena Pankratova is the first Russian drama
