Professor Ekaterina Morozova is an expert in the field of academic vocal art. She served as a principal soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (Moscow, 2000–2004) and of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein (Düsseldorf, Germany, 2004–2019), and from 2019 to 2024 she was an associate professor of vocal studies at the Kalaidos Conservatory in Zurich, Switzerland. Over a 25-year stage career, she has performed on major opera stages in 14 countries around the world, including Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Canada; she has sung leading roles in numerous landmark productions, with more than 700 performances. She has taken part in the recording and release of several official CDs: Prokofiev's "War and Peace," Rossini's "Cinderella," Glinka's "Ruslan and Lyudmila," Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and "Die Walküre," among others; in addition, opera performances she took part in have been broadcast on television channels in Russia and Europe (Italy, Germany).

In 2000, she graduated with honors from the vocal department of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. During her studies, beginning in her second year, she became a soloist of the Moscow New Opera Theatre. She took leading roles in several operas for the first time, such as Lyudmila in Glinka's "Ruslan and Lyudmila" and Lucrezia Contarini in Verdi's "I due Foscari."

In 1999, one year before graduating from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, she made her debut at the famous opera festival in Spoleto, Italy, performing the lead role of Natasha Rostova in Prokofiev's opera "War and Peace." The production was directed by the world-renowned Italian-American opera composer and director Gian Carlo Menotti. The performance was not only a great success in Italy, but also aroused strong reactions in other European countries. Extensive media coverage followed, and the production was broadcast on television several times. She was also invited by the German ARTE television channel to take part in the first television program of the famous opera soprano Montserrat Caballé, "Stars of Tomorrow."

While still studying at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Ekaterina Morozova was already engaged by the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia as a soloist. On March 26, 2000, three months before graduation, she made her debut on the Bolshoi stage, singing the role of Violetta Valéry in Verdi's opera "La Traviata."

In the summer after graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, she took part in the famous Gioachino Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, Italy, performing in the opera "Cinderella" in the role of Clorinda. She appeared on the same stage with the world-renowned tenor and current director of the festival Juan Diego Flórez, while the music director was Carlo Rizzi, one of the leading conductors of the New York Metropolitan Opera. Ekaterina Morozova became the first Russian participant in the festival's many years of history. This important event also drew the attention of Russian television: she was invited as a guest of honor to the famous Russian music program "Masterpieces of the World Opera Stage." The program was hosted by the legendary music presenter Svyatoslav Belza, broadcast on the "Culture" channel, and featured this performance as well.

In the same year, 2000, she performed the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" for the first time in Salzburg, Austria — one of the most difficult roles in the world opera repertoire. She was subsequently invited to the Deutsche Oper Berlin, one of Germany's largest theatres, to perform this role again.

In the following years, she performed the Queen of the Night at major theatres in Germany, Italy, France and other European countries, with a cumulative total of more than 100 performances.

In the summer of 2001, at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland, she had the privilege of sharing the stage with the famous Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. In Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," they sang the leading roles — the jester Rigoletto and his daughter Gilda.

Another signature role for Ekaterina Morozova is Lucrezia in Donizetti's opera of the same name, "Lucrezia Borgia." Curiously, it was this role that enabled her to collaborate with two superstars of the world opera stage.

In the 2001/2002 season, she performed this opera in Bologna, Italy. The opera was staged almost daily at the time, requiring two casts: one was Mariella Devia, an unmatched star of 20th-century Italian bel canto, and the other was the young Russian singer Ekaterina Morozova. In 2009, a similar experience was repeated at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany, this time alongside the world opera legend Edita Gruberová. It was precisely this long-term exchange with these accomplished opera sopranos, their joint rehearsals and discussions of the finer points of vocal technique that later became the cornerstone of Morozova's own teaching method; more importantly, these experiences helped her cultivate and elevate young singers to an entirely new level.

Ekaterina Morozova is currently a professor of vocal studies at the Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. She is known for teaching according to each student's aptitude and for being able to teach vocal studies in multiple languages, including Chinese.

If you wish to receive an education in China and gain the opportunity to shine on the world vocal stage, you are welcome to apply to the Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. At least two one-on-one vocal lessons per week will help you master the finest Russian and European vocal techniques. These techniques derive from and have been refined through the rich experience Professor Morozova accumulated over long-term collaboration with numerous outstanding singers, conductors and directors on the world's top opera stages.

Chongqing Normal University — Chongqing Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music

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