Natalia Troitskaya

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Natalia Leonidovna Troitskaya (Russian: Наталья Леонидовна Троицкая; 1951 – 9 April 2006) was a Russian operatic soprano who had a major international career during the 1980s and early 1990s. She particularly excelled in the operas of Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi. Among her signature roles were Tatyana in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and the title heroines in Verdi's Aida, Puccini's Manon Lescaut, and Puccini's Tosca. She was a frequent partner of Plácido Domingo during the 1980s and also sang opposite other great artists like Montserrat Caballé, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Luciano Pavarotti.[1]

Biography

Born in

Jaume Aragall in the title role. The same year, she sang at Liceu in the title role of Puccini's Tosca opposite Nunzio Todisco as Mario Cavaradossi and Juan Pons
as Scarpia.

Troitskaya quickly became an important presence on the international opera scene.

Sferisterio Opera Festival. She then gave several performances in South America in 1982–1983. In 1984 she became a member of the Vienna State Opera, making her debut with the company that year as Aida. She remained committed to that opera house through 1991 where she was particularly admired for her portrayals of Puccini and Verdi heroines.[2]

While working primarily in Vienna, Troitskaya appeared as a guest artist at the

Royal Opera, London (1986, Tosca), the Luxor Temple (1987, Aida), the Deutsche Oper Berlin (1988–1989, Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, Leonora and Tosca), the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos (1989, Desdemona), the Bavarian State Opera ( Adriana Lecouvreur in 1984 and later on Tosca, Elisabetta, Amelia, Tosca, Mimi and Lisa), the Washington National Opera (1989, Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, and the Los Angeles Opera (1990, Elisabetta) among others.[2]

She died in Moscow in 2006 at the age of 55 after a long bout with serious illness.[1]

Recordings

Troitskaya's audio performances included a disc in which she and the Czech Philharmonic perform the work of Josef Suk under the baton of Charles Mackerras and as a soloist on a recording of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.[1][2] Video captured of her performance with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in 1990 was released on VHS and DVD.

References

  1. ^ a b c Ben Mattison (13 April 2006). "Soprano Natalia Troitskaya Dies at 55". Playbill.
  2. ^ a b c d Troitskaya, Natalia Biography at operissimo.com (in German)
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