Victoria Mikulina ( mezzo-soprano) was born in Russia. She graduated with a degree in opera singing and theater arts from the music department of the Russian Academy of Theater Arts (GITIS) in Moscow in 2011.
In 2011, she began her professional career when she was invited to sing at the HELIKON-Opera in Moscow. Victoria Mikulina has performed the role of Filipp’evna in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in several productions conducted by Konstantin Chudovsky, Vladimir Ponkin, Ayrat Kashaev, and Valery Kirianov, and directed by Dmitry Bertman.
From 2011 to 2013, Victoria Mikulina worked as an opera singer at the Moscow State Musical Theater under the direction of Ghennady Chikhachev. She sang roles in numerous operas by contemporary composers. From 2013 to 2015, she worked as an opera singer at the Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Theater in Moscow. She sang the role of Cornelia in Handel’s *Julius Caesar* , the role of Solocha in Tchaikovsky’s *The Little Boots* ( *Čerevički* ), the role of Lisetta in Haydn’s *The World of the Moon*, and various roles in contemporary operas.
Victoria Mikulina’s repertoire also includes the role of Amneris in Verdi’s *Aida*, the role of Eboli in Verdi’s *Don Carlo*, the role of Fenena in Verdi’s *Nabucco*, the roles of Olga and Larina in Tchaikovsky’s opera *Eugene Onegin*, the roles of Polina and the Countess in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, the role of Erda in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, and the roles of Santuzza, Lucia, and Lola in Mascagni’s opera *Cavalleria rusticana*, and the role of Carmen in Bizet’s opera *Carmen *.
In 2016, she sang at the Viktor Ullmann Festival in Trieste, conducted by Davide Casali.
On October 2, 2016, she sang the role of Ulrica in Verdi’s *Un ballo in maschera* during the preview performances for the 2016/2017 opera season at the Teatro Municipale, as part of the “In…canto d’opera,” organized by the Fondazione Teatri di Piacenza and the cultural association ˈNel pozzo del Giardinoˈ.
On March 27, 2017, she sang the role of Azucena in Verdi’s * Il Trovatore* at the TeatrOPERAndo festival in Bologna.
On October 7, 2017, she sang the role of Mrs. Quickly in Verdi’s opera *Falstaff* at the Théâtre André Malraux in Paris.
On October 31, 2017, she will sing the role of Santuzza in Mascagni’s opera *Cavalleria rusticana* at the Teatro Bristol in Bologna.
Victoria Mikulina is the Grand Prix winner of the “Around the World” International Opera Singing Competition (Corsa sull’onda), Egypt, 2008.
P. Tchaikovsky, “Eugene Onegin” – Scene with the Nurse