Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Known For: Acting
Biography
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (Russian: Василиса Михайловна Бержанская; born 13 December 1993) is a Russian operatic mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses roles of the Italian bel canto of Rossini and Bellini, Mozart, Baroque music such as Vivaldi and Purcell, and roles from Russian opera, by composers such as Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky.Though Berzhanskaya is a mezzo-soprano, in the past she has sung roles ranging from dramatic coloratura soprano (the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte) to contralto (Isabella in L'italiana in Algeri).[5][6] As such, she has been described as possessing "a huge vocal range in which she display[s] impeccable coloratura."
Filmography
2024
- Giuseppe Verdi - La Forza del Destino as Preziosilla
- The Metropolitan Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann as Muse / Nicklausse
2021
- Vienna State Opera Presents Rossini’s Il Barbiere de Sivillia as Rosina
- Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Rosina
1971
- Great Performances as Nicklausse