Olga Khabarova / Ольга Хабарова
started singing in 1992 at the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral’s choir (Peterhof, near St.-Petersburg). The Cathedral’s choir was very professional that time. It consisted of St.-Petersburg Capella 's singers, local Peterhof musicians and students of the St.-Petersburg Conservatory (~ 40 singers).
Olga had not had any musical education before. However, her position in the choir was approved by the conductor, Mary Andreeva, who considered Olga to be a perspective young soprano singer and advised her to study singing and conducting professionally.
- In 1993 Olga became a student of the St.-Petersburg College of culture , specializing in academic choir conducting and singing.
- From 1997 to 2008, she was a singer of the church choir under conduction of Slava Serdyuk (the Ioann-theologian church and Michael Archangel Church Moscow region, Troitsk)
- From 1998 to 2000 Olga was a singer and a soloist of the Troitsk chamber choir .
- From the beginning of 2014 she became a leading singer (and, occasionally, a conductor) at the church of "the Holy Image of the Saviour Not Made by Hands" in Voronovo (built in the XVIIIth century, Moscow region).
- From 2015 - soprano singer at the central church of Troitsk, the Trinity Church.
Samples of Olga's performances of sacred music can be found here.
Additional education:
from 2003 to 2006 Olga took a course of academic singing and conducting (supervisor – Ilia Vasheruk, http://www.troitsk-choir.ru/download.php )
from 2006 she took a course of opera singing (the current supervisor is Natalia Donskaya , soprano, honoured singer of Russia)
Solo Repertoire
includes lyric songs of Russian composers: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and others,
as well as arias of Italian composers of 17-19th centuries; Handel, Mozart, Bach, Bizet, Offenbach, Viardot, and others.
In 2005 Olga was a visiting singer and soloist of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis senior choir (director - Dr. David Mennicke).
started singing in 1992 at the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral’s choir (Peterhof, near St.-Petersburg). The Cathedral’s choir was very professional that time. It consisted of St.-Petersburg Capella 's singers, local Peterhof musicians and students of the St.-Petersburg Conservatory (~ 40 singers).
Olga had not had any musical education before. However, her position in the choir was approved by the conductor, Mary Andreeva, who considered Olga to be a perspective young soprano singer and advised her to study singing and conducting professionally.
- In 1993 Olga became a student of the St.-Petersburg College of culture , specializing in academic choir conducting and singing.
- From 1997 to 2008, she was a singer of the church choir under conduction of Slava Serdyuk (the Ioann-theologian church and Michael Archangel Church Moscow region, Troitsk)
- From 1998 to 2000 Olga was a singer and a soloist of the Troitsk chamber choir .
- From the beginning of 2014 she became a leading singer (and, occasionally, a conductor) at the church of "the Holy Image of the Saviour Not Made by Hands" in Voronovo (built in the XVIIIth century, Moscow region).
- From 2015 - soprano singer at the central church of Troitsk, the Trinity Church.
Samples of Olga's performances of sacred music can be found here.
Additional education:
from 2003 to 2006 Olga took a course of academic singing and conducting (supervisor – Ilia Vasheruk, http://www.troitsk-choir.ru/download.php )
from 2006 she took a course of opera singing (the current supervisor is Natalia Donskaya , soprano, honoured singer of Russia)
Solo Repertoire
includes lyric songs of Russian composers: Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and others,
as well as arias of Italian composers of 17-19th centuries; Handel, Mozart, Bach, Bizet, Offenbach, Viardot, and others.
In 2005 Olga was a visiting singer and soloist of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis senior choir (director - Dr. David Mennicke).
Performance samples
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Aria "Deh vieni non tardar.." (Susanna)
soprano - Olga Khabarova
piano - Tatiana Draichik
2007
download
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater. Duetto "Fac ut ardeat cor meum"
soprano - Olga Khabarova
mezzo- Galina Shilova
piano - Sofia Vasheruk
2005 download
* The Christmas carol "Silent night" (F.Gruber)
English-Russian version, 2015
* Lilacs, S. Rachmaninoff,
2016 (English subtitles)
* Aria of Star, A. Rybnikov, 2017 (English subtitles)
* I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, 2018,
M. W. Balfe, Enya's version
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Aria "Deh vieni non tardar.." (Susanna)
soprano - Olga Khabarova
piano - Tatiana Draichik
2007
download
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater. Duetto "Fac ut ardeat cor meum"
soprano - Olga Khabarova
mezzo- Galina Shilova
piano - Sofia Vasheruk
2005 download
* The Christmas carol "Silent night" (F.Gruber)
English-Russian version, 2015
* Lilacs, S. Rachmaninoff,
2016 (English subtitles)
* Aria of Star, A. Rybnikov, 2017 (English subtitles)
* I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls, 2018,
M. W. Balfe, Enya's version
.Liturgy, the Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin - 28.08.2017
Orthodox church chants, pieces of Orthodox church music, performed by quartet of the Troitsk Trinity Church , 10.09.2017 edit this text
Orthodox church chants, pieces of Orthodox church music, performed by quartet of the Troitsk Trinity Church , 10.09.2017 edit this text