Winner of the 2009 « BBC Cardiff Singer of the World » competition and member of the prestigious Bolshoi Theatre, Ekaterina Scherbachenko is one of the most talented lyric sopranos of her generation.
At the Bolshoi, her roles have included Natasha Rostova (War and Peace), Mimi (La Bohème), Liu (Turandot), Tatiana (Onegin), Micaela (Carmen) and the title role of Iolanta.
Outside her native Russia, Ekaterina Scherbachenko has appeared on tour with the Bolshoi at the Opéra de Paris (Palais Garnier) and at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She has also performed at the Opéra de Lyon, the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Royal Opera House – Covent Garden, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Glyndebourne Festival. In 2013, she
made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera (Micaela).
On the concert podium, she has sung with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the St.-Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra at the Ravenna Festival.
In upcoming seasons, Miss Scherbachenko will return to the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. She will return to the Glyndebourne Festival (Tatiana) as well as the Metropolitan Opera (La Bohème).