The administrators of the most famous opera houses around the world have long learned to pronounce her funny Ukrainian surname correctly. And they learned - the work schedule of the Russian opera star is scheduled for several years in advance: Olga Peretyatko is one of the most popular opera singers.
She is a rare combination of youth and beauty, hard work, a strong character and a unique soprano.
On stage since 15 years
Olga Alexandrovna Peretyatko, a native of St. Petersburg, was born on May 21, 1980 in a city still called Leningrad. Her father, a baritone, sings in the choir of the Mariinsky Theater, so from early childhood he introduced his daughter to music. The first musical performance, which was listened to by the future opera singer Olga Peretyatko at the age of 3, was Faust.
Soon little Olya sang everywhere - both at school and at home, and then she began to go on stage to the famous Mariinsky Theater as part of a children's choir. She graduated with honors from the Music College at the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory with a degree in choral conducting. Olga Peretyat'ko could not enter the vocal department of the conservatory, but she did not stop singing.
First teacher
Gogolevskaya remarkably performs soprano parts on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater, where she works, took part in productions of other theaters. Connoisseurs appreciate the strength and special timbre of her voice, which they call Wagnerian - it is in the operas of this composer that he is especially expressive. She is respected for another type of creative activity - she leads the vocal class at the People’s Philharmonic, which is open in Vyborgsky Palace of Culture in St. Petersburg. Her student was Olga Peretyatko.
After listening to the future star, she advised to change the direction of voice development - instead of mezzo-soprano, strive for a higher and easier register. After the initial production of the singing technique, Larisa Anatolyevna recommended that the student continue her studies. With the advent of the new century, Olga Peretyatko entered the Hans Eisler Higher School of Music in Berlin. She came to the capital of Germany as a tourist, and the decision to go through an initial audition with a vocal professor was spontaneous, but successful.
The beginning of a dizzying career
In Berlin, the next leading teacher for Olga was the Canadian singer Brenda Mitchell. Classes and consultations with her and other masters continue now. Singer Olga Peretyatko began to go on the stage after the third year of training in Berlin, after successfully participating in a number of international vocal competitions. The most significant was the "Opera", held under the patronage of the great Placido Domingo in Paris.
She performed the first parts on the stages of the German Opera in Berlin and the Hamburg State Opera, in the operas of Handel and Mozart. The performance of the young singer in the play “Journey to Reims” at the Rossinievsky Opera Festival in Pesaro (Italy) in 2006 attracted the attention of leading opera directors and theater managers of the world, and offers of cooperation rained down on all sides.
Scene - the whole world
The career of the singer quickly gained scope, typical of a superstar on a global scale. In her arsenal, the best classical parts for soprano are complemented by the works of modern composers from different countries. Among them is Stravinsky’s opera The Nightingale, staged in Toronto, New York, Lyon and Amsterdam; she sang the part of Adina from the opera “Love Drink” by Donizetti in the opera of Lille and at the Easter Festival in Baden-Baden; She sang Gilda from Verdi's Rigoletto at the La Fenice Theater in Venice, as well as in Madrid, Vienna, Paris, Berlin and New York.
Among those with whom the singer collaborates are the greatest personalities from the world of music. She went on the same stage with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, Rolando Villazone and other vocal stars. She sang to the music of the orchestras conducted by the legendary Daniel Barenboim, Yuri Temirkanov, Zubin Meta, Mark Minkovsky, Lorinne Maazel. The directors of the performances in which the singer participated were the famous Dmitry Chernyakov, Claudia Solti, Bartlett Sher, Richard Air and others.
Personal life
The Italian city of Pariso is an important place for the singer. The success at the festival, which is held there, played an important role in the beginning of her brilliant career. Giacomo Rossini, to whom this festival of music is dedicated, is the author of many operas in which Olga Peretyatko brilliantly sings. Her husband - Michele Mariotti, the conductor, demanded by many theaters of the planet, was born in this city, here they met.
The wedding was also played in Pariso in 2012. Young celebrities live in Berlin, but a busy work schedule does not allow them to be together in their house. Only when they happen to work on one project do they get the opportunity to spend more time together. Such an opportunity was the performance "Puritans" in the New York Metropolitan Opera, restored in the spring of 2014. In the previous version, the part of Elvira was sung by Joanne Sutherland, which Peretyatko considers one of his idols.
