Margarita Gritskova

Margarita Vitalievna Gritskova (; born 9 December 1987) is a Russian mezzo-soprano in opera and lied singing. A member of the Vienna State Opera since 2012, she is focused on roles by Rossini such as Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola, but has also performed in Baroque opera and contemporary works such as Tri sestri by Péter Eötvös.

Life Born in Saint Petersburg, Gritskova studied piano and voice at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Irina Petrovna Bogacheva. The young artist won several international singing competitions. During her studies, she performed the title role in Bizet's Carmen at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory conducted by Mariss Jansons in 2008.

With the 2012/13 season, the singer moved on to the Vienna State Opera

In 2015, she first appeared at the Salzburg Festival as Cherubino. She also performed at the Rossini Festivals in Bad Wildbad and Pesaro, and in 2017 appeared as Isolier in Rossini's Le comte Ory at the Operklosterneuburg festival. In 2018, she first performed at the Opernhaus Zürich as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther.

She has also taken part in concerts and recitals, such as the farewell concert for José Carreras at Carnegie Hall in New York City in September 2017.

Awards 2001: First prize at the II Open Rachmaninoff Regional Festival 2003: Grand Prix at the II Open Rubinstein Children's Competition