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    Russia
Elena Manistina
Name: Elena Manistina

Voice: Mezzo

Date of birth: 16.11.1973

Place of birth: Saratov, Russia

Studied at: Music School of Saratov; Moscow State Conservatory

Elena was born in Saratov and trained at The Music School of Saratov and the Moscow State Conservatory P I Tchaikovsky.

Winner of first prize in the 2002 Operalia Competition and several other prizes, Elena made her debut as Marfa in Mussorgsky's Khovanshina, a role she has repeated many times.

Other roles include Ulrica Un ballo in maschera, Countess The Queen of Spades for Washington Opera, Amelfa The Golden Cockerel for the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow and the Châtelet, Paris, Martha Iolanta and Lyubasha Tsar's Bride also in Paris.

Future engagements include a tour of Japan with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven Symphony No 9), Amneris Aida in Mexico and Nice and Azucena Il trovatore, in Paris.

Elena likes to go to concerts and the cinema in her spare time.

(Profile last updated June 2003)


Repertoire details for Singer of the World with Orchestra Concert 1

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WatchTchaikovsky: Da, chas nastal (The Maid of Orleans)

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Justin Royek from Corry, Pennsylvania, USA
Congratulations comrade! Your beautiful voice has won us Cardiff, Wales!

Sebko _ london
Oh I love this voice. One in a million. Wished she had won and hope to hear her live someday. Such strange results all round this year...

Maurice Burgess from USA
Fabulous!

Oleg in Vyborg, Russia
I am very much impressed with the beauty and quality of the vocal ability. The voice is even and solid throughout the whole range. Unmached in performance and it is a winner for me!

Katya Gubanova from London
Lena! Ty vse ravno obladaesh' samym unikal'nym golosom na svete! I pela ty prekrasno! Zeluyu krepko!

Ilona Karan from Toronto
In my opinion, the best female singer of the competition. A voice like that happens only once in a decade.

gerald davies from cwmbran
Elena`s voice was superb-far better than any of the other singers.

Baby Jane Hudson from Hollywood
Magnificent! What a voice, and that chest register is incredible. A major talent! Brava my dear!

Janette Doig from Inverkip
What a worthy winner. Keeping my fingers crossed for Sunday. Lets see her in SCOTLAND also!

Lala
Lena, udachi! Mi boleyem za tebya zdes', v Baku. Ti dostoyna ochen' visokoy nagradi.

Colin Oxenforth, Wigan
What a magnificent voice, and what a variety of timbre in such different styles and languages. A really engrossing singer.

Annie Spens from Colchester`
Wow!! What a voice!! When Elena was singing the Samson & Delilah song, it was MAGIC, spell-binding, one of those utterly glorious moments when time stops and you forget to breathe, and when she stops you find tears in your eyes and your hair standing on end. And SO BEAUTIFUL!! Let's see her in England QUICK!! And why not in "Samson", in a glorious Art-Nouveau extravaganza, to go with her hair?

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Russian flag Elena is the sixth Russian representative in the competition - three out of the five previous contestants reached the Final. Before 1993 there were also two USSR competitors, one of whom was the 1989 winner, Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

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