Tatjana Starkova
Tatjana Starkova is a Russian soprano born in 1989. She studied at the Perm State Academy of Art and Culture and then joined the Mariinsky Theatre Academy of Young Opera Singers in St Petersburg. She has taken part in numerous competitions, winning first prize at the Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition for Young Opera Singers in 2015 and second prize at the Competition of Russian Music Schools Alumni in St Petersburg in 2014.
Repertoire
| Preliminary round | |
| G.F. Händel | Samson: Let the bright Seraphim |
| F. Mendelssohn | Andres Maienlied 'Hexenlied' (Hölty) |
| P. Tšaikovski | Zabit tak skoro (Apuhtin) |
| G. Verdi | Il Trovatore: “Tacea la notte placida” (Leonora) |
| Semifinals | |
| J. Sibelius | Hymn to Thaïs (Borgström) |
| D. Šostakovitš | Satiry op. 109 (Tšornyi) |
| 1. Kritiku | |
| 2. Probuždenije vesny | |
| 3. Potomki | |
| 4. Nedorazumenije | |
| 5. Krejtserova sonata | |
| G. Verdi | Attila: “Santo di Patria - Da te questo a me concesso” (Odabella) |
| Final | |
| G. Donizetti | Anna Bolena: “Al dolce guidami” (Anna Bolena) |
| V. Bellini | Norma: ”Casta diva” (Norma) |
Preliminary round