Russian mezzo-soprano Alyona Abramova is a recent graduate of Bayerische Staatsoper’s Opernstudio. She returns to Munich this season for guest appearances as Mercédès (Carmen) under Dan Ettinger and as Olga in Krzysztof Warlikowski’s acclaimed staging of Eugene Onegin under Joana Mallwitz. She also makes her Glyndebourne Festival debut as Third Nymph in Rusalka under Robin Ticciati, and she gives performances of Rachmaninov’s Anna Karenina with the ballet of Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and in Ludwigshafen.
As part of the 3rd International Mstislav Rostropovich Festival in Orenburg, Alyona Abramova appeared as Dunyasha in The Tsar’s Bride, while other repertoire includes Maddalena (Rigoletto), Lyubasha (The Tsar’s bride) and Siebel (Faust). For Bayerische Staatsoper she has appeared as the Nursing Sister (Suor Angelica) under Kirill Petrenko, Annina (La traviata) under Asher Fisch, Tytania and Puck in Weber’s Oberon under Ivor Bolton, and as Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor) under Antonino Fogliani. She’s performed smaller roles in Jenůfa under Tomáš Hanus, Elektra under Simone Young, Rusalka under Andris Nelsons, and in Barrie Kosky’s production of Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel all for Bayerische Staatsoper.
