Biography

The talented German-Russian soprano Anastasiya Taratorkina won First Prize and the Audience Prize at the 70th International ARD Music Competition in Munich in 2021. Her distinctive voice and impressive stage presence have established her as one of the most promising young artists of her generation.

From the 2022/23 season, Anastasiya was a member of the ensemble at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where she gave a series of acclaimed debuts, including the title role in the world premiere of Oryx and Crake by S. N. Eichberg, as well as Gilda (Rigoletto), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Marzelline (Fidelio), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Ännchen (Der Freischütz) and Nannetta (Falstaff).

Anastasiya has appeared as a guest at renowned opera houses including the prestigious Oper Frankfurt (Susanna), Opernhaus Zürich (Valencienne), Theater Bonn (Gilda), Theater Basel (Woglinde), Aalto Musiktheater Essen (Sophie), Semperoper Dresden and Bühnen Bern (Susanna). At Bühnen Bern, she made a highly acclaimed house debut as Euridice in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, alongside the world-renowned Rolando Villazón and accompanied by the Lautten Compagney Berlin.

Alongside her operatic career, Anastasiya has a particular passion for chamber music. Together with other talented prize-winners of the ARD Music Competition, she toured southern Germany, performing emotionally rich songs by Clara Schumann, Poulenc, Fauré and Debussy. Her captivating performances have taken her to renowned festivals including the Mozartfest Würzburg and the Schwarzwald Musikfestival, as well as to Studio 2 of Bavarian Radio.

Anastasiya has worked with distinguished conductors and directors including Alan Gilbert, Matthias Foremny, Antonello Allemandi, Michael Güttler, Heiko Mathias Förster, Konrad Junghänel, Will Humburg, Wolfgang Katschner, Nikolaus Habjan and Evelyn Herlitzius.

As a soloist, she has performed with leading orchestras including the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Collegium Musicum Basel, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Prague Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden. Her concert engagements have taken her to some of Europe’s most prestigious concert halls, including the Tonhalle Zürich, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Herkulessaal at the Munich Residenz and Stadtcasino Basel. She has particularly captivated audiences with brilliant and radiant Baroque arias performed in Dresden’s historic Frauenkirche and at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden.

Since the 2024/25 season, Anastasiya has been a member of the ensemble at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. In the 2026/27 season, she makes her debut there as Zdenka in Arabella, as well as Lauretta and Suor Genovieffa in Il trittico. She will also appear as Gilda in Rigoletto, Alphise in Les Boréades and Adele in Die Fledermaus. At Leipzig Opera, she makes her house debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.

Anastasiya studied with Prof. Olga Egudina at the Glinka Conservatory in Novosibirsk and completed her studies with Prof. Hendrikje Wangemann at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden.