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Maria Barakova

Age 21 - Russia

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BIOGRAPHY

Graduated from Murov Novosibirsk Music College (class of Svetlana Balashova) and was admitted to Gnessin Russian Academy of Music (class of Vladimir Malchenko). Since 2017 has been an artist of Bolshoi Theatre Youth Opera Program.

A laureate of Bella Voce Vocal Competition (Moscow, third prize), Natalia Shpiller All-Russian Vocal Competition (Moscow, first prize), Glinka International Vocal Competition (Kazan, first prize and Irina Arkhipova special prize).

As an artist of Youth Opera Program in 2017 participated in Vocale International Music Festival in Linz (Austria). In November 2017 made her debut at Bolshoi Theatre playing Petrovna in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar’s Bride.