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Russian-italian mezzo-soprano Olesya Chuprinova was born in Kazakhstan and is now based in Italy.

Graduated in chemical engineering at the Technical University of Yekaterinburg (Russia). She  began her musical studies at the Art School (piano, singing), after she moved to Moscow to study in  "Russian Academy of Theater Arts" (faculty of musical theatre). 

The recipient of several awards: "Festival of Russian culture"(Russia), "International Competition for Opera Singers" (Poland), "III International Adam Didur Opera Singers Competition"(Poland), "III International Opera Competition "R. Leoncavallo" (Italy), "International Award for Culture" (Italy) and other.

Olesya Chuprinova has participated in various international projects and festivals: "Festival Verdi" (Parma, Italy), "Belcanto Opera Festival di Rossini" (Wildbad, Germany), "Opera Festival" (Tenerife, Spain), "Festival Monteverdi" (Cremona, Italy ), "Rossini Opera Festival" (Pesaro, Italy), "Hanna El-Amil and Beirut Chants Festival" (Beirut, Lebanon), "Opera Festival "En ItalieTuscania" (Sainte-Chapelle, France), "Rocco Opera Festival" (Ferrara, Italy) etc.

She has appeared in the prodactions with famous conductors Donato Renzetti, Riccardo Frizza, Antonino Fogliani, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Antonio Greco, Matteo Beltrami, Federico Ferri, Matteo Pagliari, Michele Spotti, Krzyztof Dziewiecki, Marcello Mottadelli, Andrea Solinas, Tufik Maatouk, Denis Vlasenko and with staging directors sach as Pier Francesco Maestrini, Georgy Ansimov, Fabio Sparvoli, Jacopo Spirei, Aldo Tarabella, Silvia Paoli, Marco Spada, Roberto Catalano, Jochen Schoenleber, Danilo Rubeca.

Olesya is a regular guest of the prestigious opera houses, such as those of the Teatro Regio of Parma, Teatro Grande of  Brescia, Teatro Sociale of Como, Teatro Comunale of Bologna, the "Adan Martin" auditorium of Tenerife, International House of Music of Moscow, Teatro Comunale Alighieri of Ravenna, Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo, Theater Opera of Cagliari, Teatro Comunale of Sassari, Verdi of Pisa, of the Arcimboldi of Milan, the Ariosto of Reggio Emilia, the Coccia of Novara, the Ariston of Mantua, Teatro Comunale of Bolzano, of the Giglio of Lucca, the Goldoni of Livorno, Ponchielli Theater of Cremona and other.

The discography includes on CD "Il viaggio a Reims" by Rossini (M.Mironov, M.Pizzolato, B.Praticò etc.) for NAXOS, DVD "Elisabetta, regina d'Ingilterra" by Rossini (Della Benetta, Liberatore etc.) for BONGIOVANNI, DVD "La campana sommersa" by Respighi (Renzetti, Villari, Tiburzi etc.) for SONY etc.

Tours in Finland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Poland, Lebanon, Italy, France and Russia

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