EvelinaDobračeva
- Soprano


About Evelina
Evelina Dobračeva began her career under the tuition of Professor Norma Sharp, Snežana Brzaković and Professor Julia Varady at the Hanns Eisler Music College in Berlin.
Evelina’s discography includes Dargomyzhsky's Rusalka recorded with the WDR in Cologne, conducted by Mikhail Jurowski and Britten’s War Requiem recorded with the Nederlands Radio PO. She also features on the Rachmaninov Songs disc recorded with the pianist Iain Burnside, released on Delphian.
Recent highlights include a magnificent performance as Olga in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Maid of Pskov at Grange Park Opera, Soprano Soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and a concert performance of Götterdämmerung, the conclusion to Vladimir Jurowski’s acclaimed run of the Wagner’s Ring Cycle with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
In the upcoming season, Evelina will feature in Strauss’s Vier Lezte Lieder with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and will also appear as the soprano soloist in Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
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Evelina Dobračeva sings Rachmaninov "In my garden at night" Op. 38 No 1
Credit: Daniel Hope
Evelina Dobračeva sings Rachmaninov "Dreams" Op. 38 No 5
Evelina is accompanied by Vladimir Jurowski Credit: Daniel Hope
Evelina Dobračeva performs in Ivan the Terrible with Grange Park Opera
Evelina performs the role of Olga. Credit: Grange Park Opera
Evelina Dobračeva sings Puccini "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca
Credit: Cincinnati Opera
Evelina Dobračeva performs Desdemona's Aria from Verdi's Otello
Lisbon 2019 Credit: Centro Cultural de Belém in Lisbon
Evelina Dobračeva performs Schoenberg: Erwartung (1909)
Credit: Slowacki Theatre
Evelina Dobračeva performs excerpts from The Ballade for the Boy Who Remained Unknown
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski Soprano: Evelina Dobračeva Tenor: Roman Muravitsky. Credit: Medici TV
Audio
- Evelina Dobračeva sings Britten’s War Requiem (Dies Irae)
- Evelina Dobračeva sings Britten’s War Requiem (Sanctus)
- Evelina Dobračeva sings Shostakovich Symphony no. 14Credit: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Selected Repertoire
Beethoven
Fidelio (Leonore)
Bizet
Carmen (Micaela)
Boito
Mefistofele (Margarita)
Dargomyzhki
Rusalka
Dvořák
Rusalka
Janáček
Katya Kabanova (Katya) • Jenůfa
Leoncavallo
Pagliacci (Nedda)
Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro (Contessa) • Cosi fan tutte (Fiordiligi) • Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) • Idomeneo (Elettra) • La Clemenza di tito (Vitellia) •
Offenbach
Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Antonia)
Prokofiev
Semyon Kotko
Puccini
La Boheme (Mimi) • La Rondine (Magda) • Turandot (Liu) • Tosca • Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta) •
R. Strauss
Ariadne auf Naxos
Rachmaninov
Aleko
Shostakovich
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Tatiana) • Iolanta • Queen of Spades (Liza)
Verdi
Attila (Odabella) • Falstaff (Alice Ford) • Simon Boccanegra (Amelia) • La traviata (Violetta) •
Weber
Der Freischutz (Agathe)
Press
Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
Bratislava Music FestivalSep 2023[translated from radio broadcast] the part of Iolanta was sung by Russian soprano Evelina Dobračeva with a tender, well shaped voice who moved from the lyrical to more dramatic passages without issues. Very impressive was her first aria 'Atchevo eta prezhde ne znala' but also the duet with her lover Vaudemont played by the Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov.
- Viera Polakovičová, RTV Radio,
- 29 September 2023
Glagolitic Mass (Janáček )
Prague Sounds International Music FestivalSep 2022[Translated] "soprano Evelina Dobračeva completed the feeling that (apart from the singers Beňačková and Hajóssyová) none else sings the Glagolitic Mass so beautifully. Each of them has its place in history. Each of them has the right to use the imaginary crown of this composition. The colour of Dobračeva's voice is exceptional. It is a mature voice, firm and at the same time soft - absolutely suitable for Janáček, I can completely hear it in Wagner and Mahler and in the veristos. The tone leads complete body, she knows exactly what she is doing and how to do it. I haven't experienced such a performance by a soprano in a long time. And in addition, it has a musicality in it that cannot be seen and heard!
- Josef Zednik, KlasikaPlus
- 03 September 2022
Glagolitic Mass (Janáček )
Barbican, LondonMar 2022The other one of the four soloists who gets a chance to shine, soprano Evelina Dobraceva, was a model of attentive devotion; and what a joy to see the players when not busy at work really enjoying their colleagues' work.
- David Nice, theartsdesk
- 17 March 2022
Ivan the Terrible (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Grange Park OperaJun 2021As Olga, the Russian soprano Evelina Dobračeva, now resident in Germany, sang superbly, showing mildness and subservience to the Tsar and father of the Russian people, along with a devotion to her beloved rebel Tucha
- Mark Ronan, The Article
- 25 June 2021
Symphony no. 8 (Mahler)
Atlanta Symphony HallNov 2019The singing is demanding, especially for the soloists... but the guest artists gave superb performances. The women especially sounded dazzling both individually and combined in magnificent duets and trios.
- Jon Ross, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 15 November 2019