Evgeniya Sotnikova

Evgeniya Sotnikova was born in Russia (Kurgan). She studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg and was a prizewinner in many competitions. After she performed the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta in the Opera and Ballet Theatre under the St.Petersburg Conservatory. In the same year, Evgeniya Sotnikova joined The Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre (Moscow), where she sang the part of Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. In 2009 she was awarded the special Oscar und Vera Ritter-Stiftung Prize at the International Singing Contest of Italian Opera in Dresden. This led to her joining the opera studio of the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, going on to join the Ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper. She went on to make her UK debut with the Glyndebourne Touring Compan