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Antonina Vesenina is russian soprano. Born in Voronezh in the family of musicians she graduated from the Voronezh State Academy of Arts, where her thesis was the role of Marfa in The Tsar's Bride, performed at the Voronezh Opera and Ballet Theater. After graduating, she continued her vocal studies with Natalia Savitskaya then participated in master classes with E.V. Obraztsova, G.M. Grigoryan, L.A. Gergieva, and G.G. Khanedanyan.

Laureate of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (4th prize, 2015), prize winner and silver medalist of the 51re International concours de chant de Toulouse”(France, 2016), and other numerous competitions.

In 2010 Antonina was invited in Saint Petersburg Chamber Opera where she debuted as Gilda in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”.

Since 2011 she entered as soloist in Academy of young singers of the Mariinsky theatre and debuted there as Queen of the Night in 2014. Then followed her debut as Rosina (soprano version) in the premiere of Alen Maratra’s production of “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (Rossini). At the same time she made her debut as Queen of the Night in Europe, Antonina performed this role in famous Barry Kosky’s “Die Zauberflote” production in Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Komische Oper Berlin as well. In 2015 Deutsche Oper am Rhein invited Antonina to perform the role of Queen of Shemakha in the premiere of Dmitry Bertman’s production of “The golden Cockerel” by Rimsky-korsakov.

Followed years Antonina performed the role of Queen of the Night at the stages of the theaters such as the Hamburg Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Theatre St.Gallen, Dortmund Theater and in the premiere of “Die Zauberflote” production at Oper Köln in 2020.

In 2018 she was invited in Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow) as Rosina to perform the premiere of Evgeny Pisarev’s production “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (Rossini) and it passed with success under the baton of Pier Giorgio Morandi.

Since 2022, Antonina has been a guest soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre, where she has performed over 30 main and title roles. Many roles of her wide repertoire were performed in the premieres under the baton of Maestro Valery Gergiev was Lakmé by L.Delibes (Lakmé), "Die Fledermaus" by J.Strauss (Adele), "Les Huguenots" by G.Meyerbeer (Marguerite de Valois), "Benvenuto Cellini" by H.Berlioz (Teresa), "Don Pasquale" by G.Donizetti (Norina), "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" by J.Offenbach (Olympia), "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" by W.A. Mozart (Constanze), "I Puritani" by V. Bellini (Elvira) and other performances of the current repertoire of the Mariinsky Theatre.

In 2022 among the opera repertoire at the stage of the Mariinsky, Antonina has performed the Glier’s “Concerto for Coloratura and Orchestra” (conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky).

For several seasons (2018-2025), she has been a guest soloist at the F.I. Chaliapin International Opera Festival at the M. Jalil Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre (Kazan) where started the collaboration with conductor Marco Boemi.

In 2024, she performed the role of the Queen of the Night at the Diaghilev Festival in Perm (Artistic Director – Teodor Currentzis).

The same year Antonina decided to start developing the direction of Baroque music in Mariinsky theatre. This idea found the support of Maestro Valery Gergiev and, in collaboration with Misha Shecktman and Mariinsky orchestra, Antonina prepared and released their first baroque concert performed with a great success at the stage of Mariinsky Concert Hall. Antonina and her colleagues performed many baroque pieces of the J.F.Rameau, A.Vivaldi and H.F.Handel.

At the same stage in October 2025, she performed the title role in Massenet's opera Manon with the Northern Symphony Orchestra under F. Mastrangelo.

Antonina has collaborated with renowned conductors and directors such as Valery Gergiev, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Dmitry Bertman, Yevgeny Pisarev, Axel Kober, Timur Zangiev, Misha Shekhtman, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Marco Boemi, and others.

Season 2025/2026