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The soprano Maria Guleghina was born in Odesa in Southern Ukraine and studied with Prof Ivanov at the Odesa Conservatory. She began her professional career in 1985 with the Minsk Opera and made her Western European debut in 1987 at La Scala, Milan, singing the title role in Tosca, Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera alongside Luciano Pavarotti, and other roles.
Since then she has sung leading roles in many of the world’s opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden, the Paris National Opera, Verona, La Fenice in Venice, Tokyo, Sydney, Frankfurt and others.
Her discography includes recordings of principal roles in Aleko, Francesca di Rimini, Oberto, The Queen of Spades, Andrea Chenier, Nabucco and Manon Lescaut.