Ekaterina Shcherbachenko

Biography

Born in the town of Ryazan. In 1992-96 she studied at The Musical College in Ryazan, going to be a chorus conductor.
In 2005, on completing her studies at the Moscow Conservatory (professor Marina Alekseeva’s class), she joined the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theatre. At the Opera Studio of the Conservatory she performed Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Mimi (La Boheme) and at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre Lidochka (Dmitry Shostakovich’s Moskva, Cheremuski) and Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte).

In 2005, she made her debut at the Bolshoi Theatre, where she participated in the production of Sergei Prokofiev’s War and Peace performing the role of Natasha Rostova. After that premiere she received invitation to join the Bolshoi Theatre Opera Company.

Repertoire

Natasha Rostova (War and Peace)
Tatiana (Eugene Onegin)
Liu (Turandot)
Mimi (La Boheme)
Micaela (Carmen)
Iolanta (Iolanta)
Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni)
Gorislava (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Countess Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Doña Anna (The Stone Guest)
Soprano (Prokofiev’s The Ugly Duckling in the performance The Fables of the Vixen, the Duckling and Balda)
Second Wood Nymph (Dvořák’s Rusalka)
Second Woman (Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas)
The Cook (Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

Tours

In 2004, she took part in the production of Moskva, Cheremuski in Opera National de Lyon (conductor Alexander Lazarev).
In 2007, she sang the soprano part in Rakhmaninov’s Bells in Denmark (Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Vedernikov).
In 2008, she sang Tatiana in Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (conductor Mikhail Jurowski, directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser).
In 2011, she performed the role of Liu at La Scala (conductor Valery Gergiev, director Giorgio Barberio Corsetti) and at the Bavarian State Opera (conductor Zubin Mehta, director Carlos Padrissa).
In 2012, she appeared at Teatro Real Madrid as Iolanta (conductor Teodor Currentzis, director Peter Sellars); and as Tatiana at the Bavarian State Opera. She took part in the Glyndebourne festival, singing the role of Mimi (conductor Kirill Karabits, director David McVicar).In the same year she sang Micaela at the Metropolitan Opera and Liu at Opera di Firenze.
In 2013, she sang the title role in Rusalka and Mimi in La Boheme at the Zurich Opera.
In 2014, she appeared at the Glyndebourne festival as Tatiana and at the Metropolitan Opera as Mimi.
In 2015, she performed Iolanta at the Dallas Opera and at the Festival d'Aix en Provence.
In 2016 Ekaterina Shcherbachenko made her Houston Grand Opera debut as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. At the Opéra de Lyon she performed the title role in Iolanta, and next year participated in scenic version of Britten’s War Requiem by Yoshi Oida.
In 2018, sang Vitellia (La clemenza di Tito) at the National Opera in Amsterdam, Tatiana (Eugene Onegin) at the Vilnius City Opera.