British based Russian mezzo soprano, Alyona Abramova, trained at Moscow’s Maimonides State Classical Academy and the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre. As a member of the Opernstudio of the Bayerische Staatsoper she sang in many productions including Jenufa under Tomáš Hanus, Elektra under Simone Young, Rusalka under Andris Nelsons, Suor Angelica under Kirill Petrenko, La Traviata under Asher Fisch and Lucia di Lammermoor under Antonino Fogliani.
Her professional career was launched in the 2018/19 season and included her return to Bayerische Staatsoper in guest performances as Mercédès Carmen under Dan Ettinger and Olga Eugene Onegin under Joana Mallwitz. She also sang Third Nymph Rusalka for Glyndebourne Festival Opera under Robin Ticciati.
Since then roles have included Maddalena Rigoletto (Opera North/Walker, Welsh National Opera/Rizzo, If Opera/Gooch), Mercédès (Berlin Staatsoper unter den Linden/Barbenboim), Third Nymph (Teatro Royal/Bolton, Bayerisches Staatsoper/Gaffigan, Les Arts Valencia/Meister, Liceu Barcelona/Pons). She also performed Rachmaninov’s Anna Karenina with the ballet of Bayerische Staatsoper. Earlier this year she made her role debut singing the title role Carmen at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre in Moscow.
On the concert platform, Alyona Abramova has sung Verdi Requiem (Royal Northern Sinfonia/Dinis Sousa), Mozart Requiem (Opêra et Orchestre National de Montpellier, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra) and a concert performance of Rusalka with the Deutches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ticciati).
Plans include title role Carmen (IF Opera).
Rigoletto/Opera North
“The world-class components of the cast, singers we’d be happy to see in any production of Rigoletto anywhere in the world, are Russian mezzo Alyona Abramova as a charismatic if fairly stock murderer’s decoy and Callum Thorpe as Sparafucile….” The Arts Desk
“….Alyona Abramova excelled as his gold-digging sister, Maddalena.” Musical Opinion
“As the evil siblings Callum Thorpe is a gloriously rich Sparafucile paired with a gorgeously seductive Magdalena from Alyona Abramova.” Opera Scene
Rigoletto/Welsh National Opera
“….his sister Maddalena, persuasively sung by Alyona Abramova, bore a regal presence suggestive of a courtesan.”