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), 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 International Glinka Competition and jury member of the International Tchaikovsky Competition.

Repertoire Semiramide, Semiramide Il paria, Neala Die Zauberflöte, Queen of the Night Lucia di Lammermoor, Lucia Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Konstanze La traviata, Violetta Mitridate, re di Ponto, Aspasia Don Giovanni, Donna Anna Rigoletto, Gilda