Oksana Sekerina was born in Novy Urengoy. She got her education in Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. Her debut was in 2016 as Donna Anna from «Don Giovanni» by Mozart in Bregenz Festival. The debut was followed by such roles as Contessa from «Le Nozze di Figaro» (Oper Graz, Theater Basel), Donna Anna from «Don Giovanni» by Mozart (Municipal de Santiago), Tatiana Larina from «Eugen Onegin» by Tschaikovsky (Oper Graz), Ortlinde from «Die Walkuere» by Wagner (Theatre du Capitole), Lisa Brichkina from «Вawns here are quiet» (Bolshoi Theatre, Zaryadye Hall), Adalgisa from «Norma» by Bellini (Municipal de Santiago), Leonora from «La forza del destino» by Verdi (Municipal de Santiago), Floria Tosca from Tosca by Puccini (Gaertnerplatztheater), Amelia from «Un ballo in maschera» by Verdi (Teatro Principal).
In the season 2023/24 she will sing the title role in Tosca at Municipal de Santiago.
Oksana is the winner and laureate of a number of major vocal competitions, such as:
New opera world (Winner 2015);
Elizabeth Connell Prize (Winner 2021);
XVI Edicion Concurso International de Canto Monserrat Caballe (2d Prize);
Operalia (Birgit Nilsson Prize 2017);
The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition (4th Prize);
The XII Elena Obraztsova International Competition (3d Prize, Winner Audience Prize);
Upcoming performances
Tosca – Puccini – Municipal de Santiago – 2023/24
Opera roles
Leonora – Forza del Destino – Verdi – Staatstheater Kassel – 2023
Floria Tosca – Tosca – Puccini – Gaertnerplatz Theater – 2023
Dezdemona – Otello – Verdi – Municipal de Santiago – 2022
Floria Tosca – Tosca – Puccini – Gaertnerplatz Theater – 2022
Michaela – Carmen – Bizet – Municipal de Santiago – 2021 (cancelled)
Floria Tosca – Tosca – Puccini – Gaertnerplatz Theater – 2020/2021 (cancelled)
Floria Tosca – Tosca – Puccini – Staatsthetaer Kassel – 2021
Concert – Mozart Gala – Mozart – Interlaken – 2020 (cancelled)
Lisa Brichkina – Вawns here are quiet (Zaryadye Hall) – Molchanov – Valery Polyansky – 2021
Contessa – Le Nozze di Figaro – Mozart – Christian Curnyn – 2019/2020
Floria Tosca –Tosca (Gaertnerplatz Theater) – Puccini – Anthony Bramall – 2019/2020
Leonora – La forza del destino (Municipal de Santiago) – Verdi – Giuseppe Grazioli – 2019
Adalgisa – Norma (Municipal de Santiago) – Bellini – Konstantin Chudovsky – 2018
Donna Anna – Don Giovanni (Municipal de Santiago) – Mozart – Pedro-Pablo Prudencio -2018
Ortlinde – Die Walkuere (Theatre du Capitole) – Wagner – Claus Peter Flor – 2018
Tatiana Larina – Eugen Onegin (Oper Graz) – Tchaikovsky – Oksana Liniv – 2017/2018
Contessa – Le Nozze di Figaro (Oper Graz) – Mozart – Marco Comin – 2017/2018
Violetta Valery (cover) – La Traviata (Glyndebourne festival Opera) – Verdi – Gareth Hancock – 2017
Donna Anna – Don Giovanni (Bregenzer Festspiele) – Mozart – Hartmut Keil – 2016
Lisa Brichkina – Вawns here are quiet – Molchanov – Valery Polyansky – 2015
Lisa Brichkina – Вawns here are quiet (Bolshoi Theatre) – Molchanov – Valery Polyansky -2015
Contessa – Le Nozze di Figaro – Mozart – Andrey Dashunin – 2012
Tatiana – Eugene Onegin – Tchaikovsky – Andrey Dashunin – 2011
Sonya Gurvich – Вawns here are quiet – Molchanov – Andrey Dashunin – 2010
Sophie – Werther – Massenet – Andrey Dashunin – 2009
Solo Concert Engagements
Concert – “Music is love” – Novosibirsk state philharmonic – 2020
Alfeev – Oratorio «St.Matthew passion» – Hilarion Alfeev – 2020
Concert – Russia Day – Aleksander Mayorov – 2020
Easter Concert – Hall of Church Cathedrals – Aleksander Mayorov – 2019
Alfeev – Oratorio «St.Matthew passion» – Chamber Orchestra «Musica viva» – Alexey Puzakov – 2018
Alfeev – Christmas oratorio – Chamber Orchestra «Musica viva» – Alexey Puzakov – 2018
Alfeev – Christmas oratorio – Tchaikovsky symphony orchestra – Vladimir Fedoseev – 2017
Molchanov – «Bawns here are quiet» – Staty Symphony Capella of Russia – Valery Polyansky – 2016
Orff – «Carmina Burana» – Tchaikovsky Concert Hall – Valery Polyansky – 2015
Alfeev – Oratorio «St.Matthew passion» – Chamber Orchestra «Legato» – Alexey Puzakov – 2015
Alfeev – Oratorio «St.Matthew passion» – Cadogan Hall – Alexey Puzakov – 2015
Alfeev – Stabat Mater – Russian National Orchestra – Hilarion Alfeev – 2014
Alfeev – Christmas oratorio – Russian National Orchestra – Alexey Puzakov – 2014
Guastavino – Romances – Khanty-Mansiisk Philharmonic – Irina Plotnikova – 2011
Bach – Cantata №51 – Khanty-Mansiisk Chamber Orchestra – Andrey Dashunin – 2010
Competition
Winner 2d Prize – XVI Edicion Concurso International de Canto Monserrat Caballe – 2021
Winner – Elizabeth Connell Prize – 2021
Winner 3d Prize – The XII Elena Obraztsova International Competition – 2019
Winner Audience Prize – The XII Elena Obraztsova International Competition – 2019
Winner 4th Prize – The XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition – 2019
Finalist – 56th Tenor Vinas International Singing Contest – 2019
Winner Birgit Nilsson Prize – 25th Operalia (Astana Kazakhstan) – 2017
Finalist – 36th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (Moscow) – 2017
Finalist – Competizione dell’Opera (Moscow) – 2016
Finalist – 35th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (Cape Town) – 2016
Winner – New opera world (Moscow) – 2015
Diplomant – 16th International student vocal Competition «Bella voce» – 2010
Winner – 2d International Competition Bruni Shpiller (Montenegro) – 2009
Winner – International Competition «Musica classica» – 2009
Education
Khanty-Mansiisk College of arts and culture – 2007
Gnessin Russian Academy of Music – 2012
Mariinsky Theatre Intership (St.Peterburg) – 2012
Accademia della Lirica Italiana (Bari) – 2015
Internationale OpernWerkstatt – festival der jungen Stimmen – 2016
Teachers
Irina Paskhalskaya
Alla Balandina
Masterclass
Ildar Abdrazakov – Ufa – 2019
Massimiliano Bullo – Chile/Milano – 2018/2019
Johanna Mayr – Glyndebourne – 2017
Marco Canepa – Glyndebourne – 2017
Steven Manghan – Glyndebourne – 2017
Kamal Khan – London – 2017
Verena Keller – Switzerland – 2016
Christina Domnick – Berlin – 2016
Andrea Mele – Bregenz, Austria – 2016
Brigitte Fassbaender – Bregenz, Austria – 2016
William Matteuzzi – Bari, Italy – 2015
Maria Pia Pischitelli – Bari, Italy – 2015
Giandomenico Vaccari – Bari, Italy – 2015
Valentina Farcas- Bari, Italy – 2015
Mariinsky Theatre Intership – St.Peterburg – 2012
Michail Sinkevich – St.Peterburg – 2012
Olga Kondina – St.Peterburg –2012
Dmitry Vdovin – Khanty-Mansiisk – 2007
Natalya Gerasimova – Khanty-Mansiisk – 2007