Aigul Akhmetshina
Since her debut as Carmen at the Royal Opera House at the age of 21, Ms Akhmetshina is making waves in the operatic world. Her upcoming engagements include Romeo I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Salzburger Festspiele, new productions of Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera (dir. Carrie Cracknell, cond Daniele Rustioni), Royal Opera House (dir. Damiano Micheletto, cond. Antonello Manacorda), and Glyndebourne Festival, the role she performs this season also with Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper. Elsewhere she appears as Elisabetta Maria Stuarda at the Teatro di San Carlo. Future credits include debuts with Staatsoper Berlin, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, Theater an der Wien, returns to Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid, the Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Arena di Verona as Adalgisa, Elisabetta, Carmen, Rosina, Charlotta, Isabella, Dalila.

Charlotte Werther, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen, Preziosilla La forza del destino at the Royal Opera House, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen Deutsche Oper Berlin, Angelina Cenerentola Teatro Real Madrid, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia with Opéra national de Paris, Elisabetta Maria Stuarda with Dutch National Opera, Olga Eugene Onegin with San Francisco Opera, Polina Pique Dame Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and with Berliner Philharmoniker, Fenena Nabucco Staatsoper Hamburg, Varvara Káťa Kabanová Glyndebourne Festival, Polina Pique Dame at Teatro di San Carlo, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia with the Israeli Opera, West Side Story with L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Grand Prix at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, International Opera Award Winner - Best Female Singer category.