Olesya Petrova

Russian mezzo-soprano Born in Leningrad in 1982. In 2001 she entered the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music (vocal department) and after two years of study entered the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg (class of Professor I.P. Bogacheva). Winner of several prizes, she appeared in operas by Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, and Mozart. She has concertized throughout Europe as well as in Japan and South America.