Kseniia Nikolaieva
Ukrainian mezzo-soprano Kseniia Nikolaieva studied at the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music and was a member of the National Opera Studio Programme in London.
She is a former member of the prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, where she appeared as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Giovanna in Rigoletto, Annina in La Traviata and Emilia in Otello. Kseniia's upcoming engagements include a return to the Royal Opera House as Mary in The Flying Dutchman, her debut at the Teatro di San Carlo as La Cieca in La Gioconda, and Amneris in Aida at Oper im Steinbruch St. Margarethen. Recently Kseniia was heard as A Voice from Above in Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and at the Royal Opera House as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly and Dritte Dame in Die Zauberflöte. Her engagements elsewhere include Hivria in Sorochinskaya yarmarka, Marta in Iolanta, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Maddalena in Rigoletto, and Lubasha in The Tsar's Bride. Kseniia studied at the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music and was a member of the National Opera Studio program in London. Kseniia took part in masterclasses with Montserrat Caballé and Elena Obraztsova, Eva Marton, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Irina Bogachova, Dmitry Vdovin, Olga Pasechnik, Michelle Breed, Dolora Zajick, Roberto Scandiuzzio, Gustav Kuhn, Rupert Dussman, Anita Rachvelishvili, and many others.