Maria Barakova
Federica
Maria Barakova, born in Kemerovo, Russia, completed her studies in Novosibirsk and subsequently joined the Bolshoi Theatre's Young Artists Program in Moscow, where she made her stage debut in The Tsar's Bride. She also participated in the 2018 (Melibea in Il viaggio a Reims) and 2019 (Stabat) editions of the Pesaro Festival. Mother (by Rossini). Her recent engagements include Lucrezia Borgia (Orsini) in Munich, Nabucco (Fenena), La forza del destino (Preziosilla), and The Queen of Spades (Polina) at the Metropolitan Opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in Boston, Die Walküre in Baden-Baden, and various operas in Pesaro. This season she sings in Eugene Onegin and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Vienna State Opera, Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera, Norma (Adalgisa) in Palermo, and Die Walküre in Rotterdam.
