Biography
Russian soprano Julia Lezhneva made her Royal Opera debut in 2015 as Zerlina (Don Giovanni), a role she reprised on The Royal Opera’s 2015 tour to Japan.
Lezhneva studied at the Moscow State Conservatory, the Cardiff International Academy of Voice under Dennis O’Neill and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under Yvonne Kenny. Her many operatic performances in concert include Caio (Ottone in villa) with Il Giardino Armonico at the Barbican, Asteria (Tamerlano) with Plácido Domingo and Les Musiciens du Louvre, Rossane (Alessandro) with Max Emanuel Cenčić on tour in Europe, Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte) at the Beaune Festival under Marc Minkowski and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) under Roger Norrington at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. On stage her appearances include Urbain (Les Huguenots) for La Monnaie, Brussels, and Laodice (Siroe) in Versailles.
Lezhneva is a prolific concert performer and has a close association with Minkowski and Giovanni Antonini. She is an exclusive recording artist for Decca. Her first solo disc, of Rossini arias, won the Diapaison d’Or award and her second, Alleluia, was recognized at the 2013 ECHO Klassik Awards. Her many other awards include first prize at the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition (2009), first prize at the Paris Opera Competition (2011) and a Helpmann Award (2014).
News and features
BBC Radio 3 broadcasts of Royal Opera performances announced for winter, spring and summer 2014/15
Andrea Chénier, La bohème, Die Zauberflöte and others on Opera on 3.
The Royal Opera to tour to Japan in September 2015
Company to perform Macbeth and Don Giovanni in Tokyo, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
Recommended recordings Apr 2013: New releases in the ROH Shop
April sees new releases from Antonio Pappano and Simon Rattle among others.
Photos
Julia Lezhneva as Zerlina, Nahuel Di Pierro as Masetto in Kasper Holten’s Don Giovanni

Julia Lezhneva as Zerlina with Members Of The Royal Opera Chorus

Christopher Maltman as Don Giovanni, Nahuel Di Pierro as Masetto, Julia Lezhneva as Zerlina in Kasper Holten’s Don Giovanni

Christopher Maltman as Don Giovanni, Julia Lezhneva as Zerlina, Rolando Villazón as Don Ottavio, Albina Shagimuratova as Donna Anna in Kasper Holten’s Don Giovanni

Julia Lezhneva as Zerlina, Christopher Maltman as Don Giovanni in Kasper Holten’s Don Giovanni

Julia Lezhneva
