Olga Makarina, GSI Arts Foundation President

CAREER

As the great Giuseppe Di Stefano already recognized during Ms. Makarina’s student years at the Mannes School of Music, bel canto repertoire became her trademark and the space in which she distinctively delivered some of her signature roles, opening the doors to some of the greatest stages worldwide.

Less than a year after winning the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, Ms. Makarina made her stage debut at New York City Opera in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor. 

With her base in New York City, Ms. Makarina sang at The Metropolitan Opera for 18 seasons and was a regular presence on other major stages of the city, including New York City Opera, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall. 

HOUSES AND FESTIVALS

Outside New York, she performed on stages all over the world, including the Canadian Opera, Teatro Liceu in Barcelona, Las Palmas Opera, Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio in Rome, Opera La Coruna, Mariinsky Theater, Teatro de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Kirov Opera, National Theater in Prague, Slovak National Opera, Opera Pacific, Palm Beach Opera and Warsaw’s Grand Theater.

Ms. Makarina performed in highly acclaimed festivals among which are the Spoleto festival, the Cesky Krumlov Festival with the Brno Philharmonic that was televised in Eurovision,  Macau Festival,  Rome’s Euro Festival Mediterraneo where she sang a concert of bel canto arias and scenes with Eve Queler and the Malta Symphony at the site of Hadrian’s Villa which was telecast in Italy, and Bard Festival.

DISCOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY

Ms. Makarina has recorded three solo albums with Romeo Records: 

Italian Opera Arias,

 Olga Makarina Sings Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, 

Mozart: Arias; Exsultate, Jubilate. 

Her performances:

•Rossini`s La donna dell lago  and  R. Strauss`s Capriccio from The Met are available as on demand HD videos.

EDUCATION, AWARDS AND TEACHING STYLE

Aside from giving private lessons in her studio on on Manhattan, New York , Ms. Makarina travels all over the world to give master classes.
She has taught in Portugal, Israel, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Japan, 

 Ms. Makarina is a Management Board Member at The Elena Obraztsova International Academy of Music in St. Petersburg.