Lidia Fridman
{{short description|Russian operatic soprano (born 1996)}}
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Lidia Olegovna Fridman, born 20 February 1996, is a Russian operatic soprano.
Biography
She was born in Samara, Russia, and graduated in singing and piano in 2011 from the School of the Arts No. 17.{{cite web |url=https://dshi17-samara.ru/page/304 |title=Fridman Lidia Olegovna |website=Children's Art School № 17}} In 2015 she completed her degree in the vocal department of the Samara Music College D.G. Shatalov.{{cite web |url=http://shatalov63.ru/отделение-вокальное-искусство/ |title= Branch "Vocal Art" |website=Samara Music College}} From 2015 to 2018 Fridman attended the Tomadini Conservatory of Music in Udine. She later studied at the Conservatory of Music “Benedetto Marcello” in Venice, and while there completed an internship at the Belcanto Rodolfo Celletti's Academy in Martina Franca, with Fabio Luisi as music director.
= Singing career =
Fridman made her theatrical debut in 2019 in the lead role in the first modern production of Albinoni's opera La Statira, at La Fenice in Venice. She subsequently performed at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca where she sang the title role in the opera Ecuba by Nicola Antonio Manfroce in an updated staging by Pier Luigi Pizzi.{{cite web |author=Roman Rudnitsky |url=https://operatime.ru/interview-fridman/ |title=Lidia Fridman: in my colleagues I appreciate the ability to work, optimism and ability to work in a team |website=Operatime |date=August 12, 2019}} Additionally she starred in the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo as Sylvia de Linares in the world premiere of the opera L'Ange de Nisida directed by Francesco Micheli.{{cite web |author=Renato Verga |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-ange-nisida-sempey-fridman-donizetti-festival-bergamo-november-2019 |title=Donizetti's L'ange de Nisida proves to be a masterpiece |website=Bachtrack |date=November 18, 2019}}
In 2020 Fridman assumed leading roles in the operas Dido and Aeneas in Padova and Lucrezia Borgia at Müpa Budapest, Teatro Verdi in Trieste and the Aalto Theatre in Essen.{{cite web |author=Francisco Salazar |url=https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-lidia-fridman/ |title=Artist Of The Week: Lidia Fridman |website=OperaWire |date=January 13, 2020}} During the 2021–2022 season she sang lead roles in the operas Norma at La Monnaie in Brussels and at Teatro Regio in Turin; Aroldo at the Theatre Galli in Rimini; Don Giovanni at Deutsche Oper Berlin;{{cite web |url=https://deutscheoperberlin.de/en_en/ensemble/lidia-fridman.274084 |title=Lidia Fridman |website=Deutsche Oper Berlin}} Il segreto di Susanna at the Konzerthaus in Berlin; and Eugene Onegin at Staatsoper Hannover.{{cite web |url=https://www.aartmusic.it/portfolio_page/lidia-fridman/ |title=Lidia Fridman |website=Aart Music}}
In 2022 she was invited by Pier Luigi Pizzi to make her debut as Giuseppe Verdi's Lady Macbeth on a tour in Italy. The following year she sang the main roles in the first staging of the opera Dalinda by Gaetano Donizetti, at the Konzerthaus Berlin,{{cite web |author=David Salazar |url=https://operawire.com/lidia-fridman-headlines-konzerthaus-berlins-world-premiere-of-donizettis-dalinda/ |title=Lidia Fridman Headlines Konzerthaus Berlin’s World Premiere of Donizetti's ‘Dalinda’ |website=OperaWire |date=May 11, 2023}} and in Richard Strauss's Salome at the Immling Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.immling.de/salome/ |title=Salome |website=Immling Festival}} In 2024 she sang the role of Amelia in the opera Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Regio di Torino under the direction of Riccardo Muti.{{cite web |url=https://www.teatroregio.torino.it/opera-e-balletto-2023-2024/un-ballo-maschera |title=Un ballo in maschera 2023/2024 |website=Teatro Regio (Turin)}}
In 2025 she sang Donizetti's Anna Bolena in Venice.
Fridman's repertoire extends to modern music by composers writing specifically for her voice: L’ombra della luce by Marco Sinopoli (Biennale Festival in Venice 2019), the opera Cassandra by Marco Podda (Theater Coccia of Novara, 2020) and Epigrammi by Domenico Turi (Verdi Theater in Martina Franca, 2022).
Repertoire
- Macbeth (Lady Macbeth)
- Un ballo in maschera (Amelia)
- I Lombardi alla prima crociata (Giselda)
- Nabucco (Abigaill)
- Aroldo (Mina)
- Salome (Salome)
- Norma (Norma)
- L'Ange de Nisida (Sylvia de Linares)
- Lucrezia Borgia (Lucrezia Borgia)
- Dalinda (Dalinda)
- Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira)
- Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa Rosina Almaviva)
- Eugene Onegin (Tatyana Larina)
- Ecuba (Ecuba)
- Dido and Aeneas (Dido)
- La Statira (Statira)
- Il segreto di Susanna (Contessa Susanna)
- Cassandra (Cassandra)
- Prima la musica e poi le parole (Donna Eleanora)
- Suor Angelica (Abbatis)
Discography
=Albums=
- Donizetti: L’ange de Nisida (Excerpts) (Live) (2020)
Recognition
=Reviews=
Many plays by Fridman received high marks from opera critics in Europe, the UK and the US,{{cite web |author=Francisco Salazar |url=https://operawire.com/donizetti-opera-festival-2019-review-lange-de-nisida/ |title=Donizetti Opera Festival 2019 Review: L’Ange De Nisida |website=OperaWire |date=November 18, 2019}}{{cite web |author=Robert Tanitch |url=https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/aroldo-teatro-amintore-20210 |title=Aroldo |website=British Theatre Guide |date=August 27, 2021}}{{cite web |author=Orsolya Gyárfás |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-lucrezia-borgia-anger-yurkevych-fridman-mupa-budapest-november-2021 |title=Lidia Fridman a star in the making, but a faltering Lucrezia Borgia in Budapest |website=Bachtrack |date=November 20, 2021}}{{cite web |author=Antonino Trotta |url=https://www.apemusicale.it/joomla/it/recensioni/70-opera/opera-2022/13017-torino-norma-18-03-2022 |title=Norma al volo |website=L'ape musicale |date=March 26, 2022}}{{cite web |author=Karin Coper |url=https://magazin.klassik.com/konzerte/reviews.cfm?task=review&PID=7816 |title=Halbszenische Opernfreuden |website=Klassik.com |date=June 13, 2022}}{{cite web |author=Roland H. Dippel |url=https://www.nmz.de/online/androzid-in-nahost-die-urauffuehrung-von-donizettis-dalinda-in-berlin |title=Androzid in Nahost: Die Uraufführung von Donizettis "Dalinda" in Berlin |website=Neue Musikzeitung |date=May 17, 2023}} who noted that her voice has a rare dark (metal) timbre, and her performances are distinguished by filigree phrase and emotional acting.{{cite web |author= Ingobert Waltenberger |url=https://onlinemerker.com/berlin-konzerthaus-dalinda-berliner-operngruppe-begeistert-mit-der-welturauffuehrung-einer-lange-verschollenen-donizetti-oper/ |title=BERLIN/ Konzerthaus: DALINDA – Berliner Operngruppe begeistert mit der Welturaufführung einer lange verschollenen Donizetti-Oper|website=Online Merker |date=May 15, 2023}}
=Awards=
- 2020–2021 — Nomination for International Opera Awards{{cite web |author=Elena Aldasheva |url=https://oteatre.info/opera-award-2020/ |title=Chernyakov and Zholdak nominated for "Opera Oscar" |website=Theater Magazine |date=February 8, 2020}}{{cite web |author=Francisco Salazar |url=https://operawire.com/international-opera-awards-announces-2021-award-ceremony-date/ |title=International Opera Awards Announces 2021 Award Ceremony Date |website=OperaWire |date=March 8, 2021}}
- 2019 – Got on the list of Top 10 Young Opera Singers according to the American magazine OperaWire{{cite web |author=Francisco Salazar |url=https://operawire.com/best-of-2019-operawires-top-10-rising-stars-of-2019/ |title=Best Of 2019: OperaWire’s Top 10 Rising Stars Of 2019 |website=OperaWire |date=December 7, 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.operabase.com/artists/lidia-fridman-101997/en Lidia Fridman] on the Operabase
- [https://ruopera.ru/lidia_fridman Lidia Fridman] on RuOpera
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Category:People from Samara, Russia