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Albina Shagimuratova

Albina Anvarovna Shagimuratova (; born 17 October 1979) is a Russian coloratura soprano. In 2019 her recording of the title role in ''Semiramide'' for Opera Rara won the International Opera Awards and the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), followed by "Neala" in Donizetti's ''Il paria'', again with Mark Elder recorded for Opera Rara. Her worldwide career started at the Salzburg Festival singing the "Queen of the night" in Mozart's ''Die Zauberflöte'', performing at Houston Grand Opera, the Lucerne Festival, San Francisco Opera, Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Liceu and The Royal Opera, London. In 2018 Albina recorded the "Queen of the Night" with Yannick Nézet-Séguin for Deutsche Grammophon and performed it in Salzburg, she sang on Moscow's Red Square for the World Cup's opening gala and at the opening of Moscow's new concert hall, Zaryadye both concerts led by Valery Gergiev. 2016 saw her role debut as Konstanze in Mozart's ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and the title role in ''Semiramide'' at the BBC Proms. Albina Shagimuratova is chair of the jury for the [https://glinkacompetition2019.ru/en/ International Glinka Competition] and jury member of the International Tchaikovsky Competition. Provided by Wikipedia