Russian-American Mezzo-Soprano Mariya Kaganskaya recently created the role of Teacher in the Santa Fe Opera’s world premiere production of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, the recording of which earned the 2019 GRAMMY Award for Best Opera Recording. For Florida Grand Opera, she has performed Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Charlotte (cover)/Käthchen in Werther, Paula in Florencia en el Amazonas, Page in Salome, and Mrs. Rockefeller/Natalia in Frida. She recently performed Tisbe in La Cenerentola, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, and Third Wood Sprite in Rusalka at Arizona Opera. 

 

In the 2019-2020 Season, Ms. Kaganskaya makes virtual debuts with Baltimore Concert Opera, Bronx Opera, and PROJECT [BLANK], and is the the first US-based artist available for virtual gig booking on Lockdown Presents. Pre-lockdown performances included Malka in the premiere of Elijah's Violin. 

 

Upcoming/postponed appearances include Ludmila in The Bartered Bride and a debut as the Mezzo soloist in Verdi’s Requiem, as well as a debut with Opera Ithaca.

 

Other recent roles include Olga in Eugene Onegin, Hostess in Boris Godunov, Marta in Iolanta, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Ottavia in L’incoronazione di Poppea, the title role of Serse, La Nourrice in Milhaud's Médée, Mexican Woman in A Streetcar Named Desire, Dinah in Trouble in Tahiti, Julia Bertram in Mansfield Park​, and Malka in the premiere of Elijah’s Violin. Recent oratorio credits include performances as the Mezzo soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, and Handel’s Messiah.

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Ms. Kaganskaya’s training includes residencies with the Santa Fe Opera, Arizona Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, and the iSing International Festival in China. She is an alumna of the OperaWorks Advanced Artist Program and the Russian Opera Workshop at the Academy of Vocal Arts, and earned her MM and PGD at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Catherine Cook.

 

Her recent awards include First Place in the Lois Alba Aria Competition, the St. Petersburg Opera Guild Competition, the Gershwin International Music Competition, the Pacific Musical Society Competition, and the Eastern Region of the NATS Artist Awards; Second Place in the Henry and Maria Holt Memorial Competition; Third Place in the Edward M. Murray International Competition of Voice, the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and the East Bay Opera League Competition. She is a Winner of the most recent Bel Canto Vocal Scholarship Foundation Competition and the inaugural Butler Opera International Competition, as well as the Pasadena Opera Guild Competition and the San Francisco District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and the recipient of Encouragement Awards from the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition and the Western Region of the Metropolitan Opera National Council.

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Ms. Kaganskaya is represented by Piper Artists Management. 

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Mariya Kaganskaya as Tisbe in La Cenerentola at Arizona Opera
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Mariya Kaganskaya

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    After her postgraduate recital with her amazing teacher Catherine Cook, May 2016
    Taking selfies with Susan Graham after working with her in a master class, March 2015
    After performing at the 2016 San Francisco Conservatory Gala, with Frederica von Stade
    With Ana María Martínez backstage at Florida Grand Opera's Florencia en el Amazonas, May 2018
    A selfie with Joyce DiDonato at the Santa Fe Opera, August 2016
    With Anna Netrebko after seeing her in Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera, April 2017
    Meeting Renée Fleming at Davies Hall in San Francisco, January 2013
    With Marilyn Horne at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, March 2014
    With Shelley Townsend and Lois Alba after winning First Place and and Audience Choice Award at the Lois Alba Aria Competition, May 2019
    With Kasia Borowiec, Kristen Choi, and the notorious Justice RBG, August 2017
    With Meredith Arwady after the cover run of The Golden Cockerel at the Santa Fe Opera, July 2017
    With Venera Gimadieva backstage at the Santa Fe Opera, August 2017
    Backstage before La Cenerentola at AZO with Daniela Mack and Katrina Galka, April 2017
    With Rena Harms backstage at Arizona Opera's production of Madama Butterfly, January 2017
    Backstage after Madama Butterfly at Arizona Opera with director Matthew Ozawa, January 2017
    Working with director Jose Maria Condemi, April 2016. Photo courtesy of SFCM
    With directors Matthew Barclay and Johanna Puglisi and Baritone Justin Bays, Shanghai, July 2015
    With Maestro Yu Long after an amazing collaboration, Shanghai, July 2015
    With Katherine Chu after the final performance of the iSing Festival, Suzhou, July 2015
    With Hao Jiang Tian after the final performance of the iSing Festival, Suzhou, July 2015
    With Leonardo Catalanotto after performing with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, July 2015
    After performing the title role of Serse, with Maestro Corey Jamason, March 2014
    With mentor Lyutsina Kazachenko celebrating New Year’s Eve at Davies Symphony Hall, 2011
    With #TeamSummerGarden: composer Elinor Armer, violist Cynthia Ryan, and pianist Alla Gladysheva, May 2016
    At the Santa Fe Opera with Soprano Kasia Borowiec and Maestro Robert Tweten, August 2016
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