Born in Kuznetsk, Russian mezzo-soprano Larisa Kostyuk studied at the State Gnessin Institute and at the Moscow Institute of Culture, going on to join the Helikon Opera Company with which she has toured Italy, Great Britain, Lebanon, Austria and France. She won the gold medal at the First World Olympic Arts Games in Los Angeles. Her international career has taken her throughout Europe and to the USA and Canada. Her recordings include Weinberger's Svanda Dudak and Granados's Maria del Carmen (Naxos), Shchedrin's Boyarina Morozova (Wergo) and Scriabin Orchestral Works (Crochet).
Roles performed:
AIDA: Amneris
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Rosina
BORIS GODOUNOV: Marina Mniszech
BOYARINA MOROZOVA (Shchedrin - world premiere): Morozova
CARMEN: Title role
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN: Muse/Nicklausse
LES DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES: Madame de Croissy
FALSTAFF: Mistress Quickley
DIE FLEDERMAUS: Prince Orlovsky
IOLANTA: Laura
IOLANTA: Marta
KASHCHEY THE IMMORTAL: Kascheyevna
LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES: Princess Clarissa
LUISA MILLER: Federica
NABUCCO: Fenena
PIQUE DAME: Countess/Milovzor
PRINCE IGOR: Konchakovna
SISTER BEATRICE (Grechaninov): Abbess
SVANDA DUDAK (Weinberger): The Queen
TSARINA: Catherine the Great
THE TSAR'S BRIDE: Lubasha
IL TROVATORE: Azucena
WAR AND PEACE: Sonia
WAR AND PEACE: Ellen Bezukhov
YEVGENIY ONEGIN: Olga
Opéra de Massy
Helikon Opera
Concert form
Moscow Conservatory
Canadian Opera Company; Helikon Opera; Théâtre des Champs Elysées
Helikon Opera
Helikon Opera
Helikon Opera Company
Helikon Opera; Evian Festival
L'Opéra de Monte Carlo; Helikon Opera
Helikon Opera
Helikon Opera
Helikon Opera
Canadian Opera Company
Opéra de Dijon; Opéra de Massy
Helikon Opera
Helikon Opera
Moscow Conservatory Hall
Wexford Opera Festival
Bolshoi Theatre
Helikon Opera; Wiener Konzerthaus
Lüdwigsburger Festspiele
Opéra National de Paris; Moscow Conservatory Hall
Canadian Opera Company
Royal Swedish Opera; Helikon Opera
Conductors with whom she has worked include: Richard Bradshaw; Evgeny Brazhnik; Theodor Currentzis; Valery Gergiev; Vladimir Jurowski; Vincent de Kort; Enrique Mazzola; Mikhail Pletnev; Vladimir Ponkin; Domenique Rouits; Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
Larisa Kostyuk has been awarded the title Honoured Artist of Russia.