Veronika Dzhioeva

Veronika Dzhioeva (; born 29 January 1979) is a South Ossetian soprano.

Early life Dzhioeva was born in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia. Since she was 13 years old she performed in solo concerts as a dancer, but her real dream at that time was to become a singer. She finished her training in Vladikavkaz College in 2000 and then 5 years later graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory where her teacher was Tamara Novichenko. Following that she attended numerous master classes with Elena Obraztsova, Joan Sutherland, and Luciano Pavarotti. As of 2006 she works in Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre and since 2010 is a guest soloist with Bolshoi Theatre.

Career In 2006 Veronika sang a part from Mozart's Così fan tutte while being in a role of Fiordiligi at Moscow's International House of Music and then sang Great Mass in C minor at the Moscow Conservatory. During the same year she appeared as Princess Urusova in Shchedrin's Boyarynya Morozova and then in 2007 appeared as Zemfira in Rachmaninoff's Aleko along with Russian National Orchestra and its conductor Mikhail Pletnev. The same year she performed both Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 at the same place. In 2008 she sang as Mimì in La bohème at the Moscow Conservatory and then returned to Requiem performance which was staged in Saint Petersburg. In 2007 and 2009 respectively she performed Tishchenko’s Flight of Time at the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia and then played as the title role in Thaïs in Estonia and as Micaëla in Carmen in Seoul, South Korea. and Houston Grand Opera. She then moved with the play to Vermont where she played the same role in November of the same year and a year later performed as Elizabeth in a third production of Don Carlos.

Films She is also known for her appearance in many Russian TV films such as The Winter Solo of the Wave, Vasilyevsky Island, and Monte Cristo.

Awards In 1998 in Astrakhan Veronika Dzhioeva was awarded first prize at the World Vision International Competition and five years later won another price in the same city at the Mikhail Glinka International Competition. In 2005 she won third prize at the All-Russian Competition of Opera Singers in Saint Petersburg and then won another one in Athens at the Maria Callas Grand Prix the same year. A year later she became first-prize recipient again, this time at the Amber Nightingale Competition in Kaliningrad and then became 2nd prize winner at the Klaudia Taev Competition in Pärnu, Estonia. In 2009 she won Paradise prize for her performance as Lady Macbeth in a play of the same name. In 2017 she received a Russian National Music Award nomination for "Best Vocalist in Classical Music".

Repertoire

La boheme — Mimi Don Giovanni — Donna Elvira Ruslan and Lyudmila — Gorislava Turandot — Liu Don Carlos — Elisabeth La boheme — Musetta Cosi fan tutte — Fiordiligi The Marriage of Figaro — La Contessa Boyarynya Morozova — Princess Urusova Aleko — Zemfira Eugene Onegin — Tatiana La traviata — Violetta Carmen — Micaela Don Carlos — Elisabeth Macbeth — Lady Macbeth Thaïs — Thaïs Un ballo in maschera — Amelia

Works Opera Arias