Russia Today:
A Russian soprano is hoping for even greater recognition after winning the BBC's Singer of the World contest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger/sites/2009/pages/russia.shtml
Already a star at home, Ekaterina Shcherbachenko now wants to follow previous title winners on the path to international fame.
It was a stunning performance which helped Ekaterina Shcherbachenko clinch the crown of BBCs Singer of the World.
Fighting off tough competition, the 32-year-old dazzled the judges in Cardiff, Wales, with a program of songs in three languages, none of them her own.
Ekaterina has already worked with national orchestras in St Petersburg, France and Scotland but it will be her victory in Cardiff which she hopes will really put her on the map.
The only other time a Russian has won the award was 20 years ago, and it turned Dmitry Khvorostovsky into an international opera star.
A richly deserved triumph - she is a supremely talented singer who also happens to be a superb actress and a dazzling beauty too! I have warched her amazing performance of Tatiana's letter scene from round 2 of the Cardiff Singer of the World competition again and again.
See it on the Cardiff Singer website!
wooshywoo 2 years ago 4