Nadezhda Gulitskaya

Nadezhda Gulitskaya was born in Ukhta, Komi Republic, Russia. She graduated with honours from the Choral Conducting department of the Syktyvkar Arts School (2000), then from the Vocal and Choral Conducting departments of the V. Popov Choral Arts Academy in Moscow (2005). In 2010, she was working on her singing skills with Elizaveta Novikova, Professor and Artistic Director of the Prokofiev Opera Studio Theatre. She has attended master classes by Anna Margulis, Jan Latham-Koenig, and Christa Ludwig. In 2011, Nadezhda received the Grand Prix of the 3rd International Independent Competition for Opera Performers in Moscow. <>

She used to be a Choirmaster with the Moscow Conservatory Opera Theatre, and a soloist of the Masters of Choral Singing Grand Choir (Artistic Director: Lev Kontorovich). As an actress with the Elena Kamburova Music and Poetry Theatre since 2008, she has been involved in several productions, such as Daydreams, Absinthe, The Seasons, Victory. Requiem (staged by Ivan Popovski) that were awarded with Crystal Turandot, Teatral, Crystal Nail and other theatre awards. She has also appeared in recitals. 

2013 saw her debut as the Queen of the Night (in Mozart's Magic Flute) at the Bolshoi Theatre. At the B. Pokrovsky Chamber Opera (now the Chamber Opera of the Bolshoi), she has appeared as Zerbinetta (Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss), Amour (Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck), Queen of the Night (Magic Flute by Mozart), Fiorilla (Il turco in Italia by Rossini), and Tina Modotti (Frida y Diego by Kalevi Aho). 

Nadezhda Gulitskaya has been collaborating with the State Symphony Orchestra 'Evgeny Svetlanov' and appearing at festivals, such as Vladimir Jurowski conducting and talking and Another Space. Past highlights include Prometheus by Carl Orff, Prefatory Action by Skriabin and Nemtin, Lulu Suite by Berg, Ariadne auf Naxos by R. Strauss, Shostakovich's music to the Hamlet production by the Evgeny Vakhtangov Theatre, world premiere of Slonimsky's King Lear, musical and literary creation Tchaikovsky and Shakespeare, etc. At the 7th Grand Festival of the Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev, she has appeared in the concert version of Rossini's Semiramide conducted by Alberto Zedda. 

Since 2017, Gulitskaya has been touring Russia and giving numerous concerts in Moscow with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra under Vladimir Spivakov. Her recent engagements include the Busan Festival in South Korea with the Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra (Mexico) under Marco Parisotto; Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher by Honegger with the State Symphony Orchestra of the Tatarstan Republic under Alexander Sladkovsky; a concert in Brussels with the Belgian national orchestra, Hungarian Radio Choir, and Alexander Ghindin (Prefatory Action by Skriabin and Nemtin), a debut at the Royal Festival Hall (London) with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy (Concerto for Coloratura Soprano by Reinhold Glière); a concert at the Tchaikovsky Hall, commemorating Holocaust victims and marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mieczysław Weinberg (with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under Stanislav Kochanovsky), and Denis Matsuev's Stars on the Lake Baikal Festival.