Born in Moscow, Elena Zaremba made her debut at the Bolshoi Theatre, where she sang all the major mezzo-soprano roles in the Russian repertoire. She is regularly invited to perform at leading opera houses, including La Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the opera houses of San Francisco, Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul, the Vienna State Opera, and at the Salzburg, Bregenz, Graz, and Edinburgh Festivals, as well as La Monnaie in Brussels, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Teatro Real in Madrid, and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona.In addition to Russian repertoire, she performs the title role of Carmen, Dalila (Samson et Dalila), Ulrica (Un ballo in maschera), Azucena (Il Trovatore), Laura (La Gioconda), Mrs. Quickly (Falstaff), and Fricka (The Ring Cycle). She also appears in concert and recital and has participated in numerous CD and DVD recordings.At the Paris National Opera: Un ballo in maschera (Ulrica, Arvidson), 1993; Carmen (title role), 1997; Eugene Onegin (Olga), 1998; The Queen of Spades (Paulina), 1999; War and Peace (Countess Hélène Bezukhova), 2000, 2005; Rigoletto (Maddalena), 2000; Les Troyens (Anna), 2006; Iolanta (Martha), 2016, 2019; Cavalleria Rusticana (Lucia), 2016; Eugene Onegin (Madame Larina), 2017.

Elena ZarembaMezzo-soprano