Galina Averina’s recent engagements include Atalanta in Serse, Iphise in Rameau’s Dardanus, Ilia in Idomeneo, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi for the English Touring Opera, Partenope in Partenope for Iford Arts, Adele in Die Fledermaus for Diva Opera.
She made her international debut in 2013 as Despina in Così fan tutte at Dubrovnik Summer Festival. September 2014, Galina joined the International Opera School of the Royal College of Music, where she has sung Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Calisto in Giove in Argo, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Dalinda in Handel’s Ariodante.
In 2015 she was awarded Sextio Premio and won the Audience Prize in the prestigious Francisco Viñas Competition at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. She also won the 2015 Bampton Classical Opera Young Singers’ Competition and the 2nd Prize in the 2016 Handel Competition in London.
Only a few months ago we thought Mid Wales Opera was finished. Now, thanks to a funding lifeline from Powys County Council, we are within touching distance of having a sustainable plan to keep on producing live and local opera across Wales for at least three years.