Tatjana Charalgina

Born in Russia, the soprano Tatjana Charalgina studied under Judith Beckmann at the Hamburg Musikhochschule. She was awarded scholarships including Live Music Now from the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and from the Alfred Töpfer Foundation. Her talent is witnessed by a number of prizes, including first prize in the Elisabeth Meyer Singing Competition and in the 2002 Maritim Competition. She has participated in master-classes with Helmuth Rilling, J. Wagner, J. Kaufmann and others. Her many-faceted opera repertoire includes rôles by Mozart, Weber, Britten, Toch and Rossini. At ROSSINI IN WILDBAD she has sung Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia. She is at present a singer at the Mainz State Theatre.