Olga Borodina, Mezzosoprano by Various, Ab (2014/2014), ROHM, Muscate, Oman

The star opera singer and Grammy Award-winner brings her uniquely velvety voice to the stage A true star of the international opera, Russia’s peerless mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina will stun audiences with a thrilling Opera Gala concert programme from her favourite repertoire. A star at her home company, the opera of the acclaimed Mariinsky Theatre, Borodina is also a fixture in elite performance halls worldwide. Her career has seen her take the stage at venues including the Metropolitan Opera (New York), London’s Royal Opera House at Covent Garden (where she made her debut), the San Francisco Opera, Milan’s La Scala and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Her voice has taken flight in Samson and Delilah, La Damnation de Faust, Boris Godunov, Aida and Carmen, to name only a few, and her many recognitions include two Grammy Awards. Borodina brings her uniquely velvet-soft voice to grace the Royal Opera House Muscat with renditions of the repertoire that has confirmed her as a star. “Borodina's ample mezzo… able to encompass a wide range of colour and dynamics without ever showing signs of stress under pressure or flecks on the surface. In terms of tone and imaginatively varied use of her instrument, she was nigh-on impeccable.” – The Guardian, UK