ELENA RAZLOG

Elena Razlog brings passion to operatic repertoire ranging from creation of traditionally classic roles to interpretation of contemporary pieces.  Her operatic appearances include the roles of: Olga, “Eugene Onegin”, conducted by Maestro David Agler; Cornelia, “Giulio Cesare”; Flora, “La Traviata”; Barbara, “Eine Nacht in Venedig” (UBC Opera); Ulrica, “Un Ballo in Maschera” (Opera Mariposa); Marcellina, “Le Nozze di Figaro (Opera in Concert); Amy, “Choir Practice” by S. Chatman, world-premiered and broadcast by CBC (UBC Opera). 

 

Elena is equally at home in both, opera and concert settings. Highlights of her performances include concerts in collaboration with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, UBC Symphony Orchestra, Plzen Opera Orchestra and Karlovy Vary Opera Orchestra. Elena is a re-invited soloist with the Rostropovich Symphony.  

 

Elena performed in the New York Lyric Opera Gala that takes place each year in the acclaimed Carnegie Hall, featuring emerging professionals from around the world.  Other highlights of her concert performances include the “Gypsy Dances” Concert with the UBC Symphony Orchestra dedicated to works of E. Kalman and broadcasted live by CBC (Canadian Radio & Television Broadcast).  Elena performed in the acclaimed “Tea & Trumpet Concert” with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra traditionally done each year at the Orpheum, a heritage theatre in the heart of Vancouver. 

 

Elena is a mezzo-soprano at Vancouver Opera. She is an engaged performer at Vancouver Opera Festivals and was part of and the host of the concerts dedicated to works of Anna Akhmatova
Vancouver Opera “White Nights Festival”, 2018.  Elena performed “Opera, Fairy Tales and Magic!” concerts partnering with VO soprano, Melanie Krueger and pianists, Tina Chang and Kinza Tyrrell as part of the 2019 Vancouver Opera Festival. 

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Elena holds Master’s Degree from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (M.MUS in Opera), as well as Diploma in Voice Performance (UBC).  She also holds B.A. in Linguistics and International Relations, as well as Diploma in Music Education (major in Choir Conducting). As part of the exchanged program, Elena studied voice at the University of Oregon School of Music (USA). She is a recipient of the “Up With People” stipend (USA), to perform in the musical “The Roads”, a production by the Broadway Theatre, NY, that toured for a year throughout the United States, Europe and Japan.

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In addition to her career as a classical singer, Elena enjoys designing and creating theatrical costumes. She was engaged and re-invited to assist with costume creation in many opera productions and worked in Costume Depts of Vancouver Opera and UBC Opera.