Lyubov Yurievna Kazarnovskaya, whose biography can serve as an example of industriousness and determination, was born on July 18, 1956. An outstanding opera singer, a participant in numerous competitions at a high level, she is also a doctor of musical sciences, a professor. He teaches in exceptional cases when it is necessary to bring talent to the top of vocal mastery. It was such a case that brought Lyubov Kazarnovskaya and a unique singer, the owner of a pure female soprano Artem Semenov. The prospect of using the female soprano in the male version is still unclear, but Professor Kazarnovskaya decided to study the phenomenon.
Conservatory
Honored Artist, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, whose biography began with her admission to the faculty of music comedy, graduated from Gnesinka in 1978. In 1977, while studying, she made her debut on the stage of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theater with the part of Tatyana Larina from the opera by Eugene Onegin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In 1982 she graduated from the conservatory and immediately entered graduate school. At the same time as a student, she performed on the stage of the museum. At that time, Kazarnovskaya’s repertoire included parts and arias from the works of Tchaikovsky, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Rimsky-Korsakov and other composers. She considered opera singer Maria Callas to be her idol.
Mariinskii Opera House
In 1984, Lyubov Kazarnovskaya (her biography was already eventful then) participated in the competition of young performers in Bratislava and won first place. The victory brought Kazarnovskaya worldwide fame. Then, in 1986, the singer was invited to the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater, where she was a leading soloist for three years. The theater’s repertoire (artistic director and conductor Valery Gergiev) in those years included Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades, Gounod’s Faust, Verdi's Troubadour and Requiem. In addition to Gergiev, Kazarnovskaya had a chance to work with the famous conductor Temirkanov.
Foreign tours
In 1988, in London, on the stage of the Covent Garden Theater, the singer made her foreign debut. Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, whose biography was constantly replenished with new pages, again sang the part of Tatyana Larina. And the following year, the famous conductor Herbert von Karayan sent her an invitation to the festival in Salzburg. There, the singer performed "Requiem" by Giuseppe Verdi. Then there were many performances at various opera venues. Since 1992, Lyubov Kazarnovskaya performed in the New York Metropolitan Opera, and since 1996 on the stage of La Scala in Milan. The singer has a rare gift, she perfectly knows the technique of voice modulation, this helps her in the performance of the most complicated part of Salome from the opera "Salome" by Strauss, which no singer in the world can cope with. "Salome" by Kazarnovskaya is her exclusive.
Domingo, Pavarotti and others
Singer Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, whose biography was becoming more informative, worked with such masters of opera as Levine and Muti, Barenboim and Tielemann, Khaytink and Kolobov. All these conductors considered it an honor to perform on the same stage with the great singer. Opera singers of the highest class: Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras and many others sang with Kazarnovskaya. Today, the singer’s repertoire includes about fifty solo parts, and all of them require the finest vocal skill, a chamber sensation of the work and, finally, theatricality of performance. In addition to live performances on stage, Lyubov Kazarnovskaya recorded many discs. Trying not to miss the anniversary dates regarding theatrical and opera art. In her work she showed unprecedented initiative, created a repertoire of opera arias, operettas, romances and chanson.
Screen tests
As a true artist, the singer once applied for participation in a film project as an actress, adding her photos. Lyubov Kazarnovskaya decided to try herself in cinema. She starred in the films Dark Instinct and Anna. The film "Anna" was shot in 2005 on the play "Ostrovsky, Guilty Without Guilt", directed by Eugene Ginzburg. The plot is adapted to the present, Kazarnovskaya plays an opera singer, in fact herself. "Dark Instinct" is a second-rate thriller, with a claim to detective classics. Satisfaction of the opera singer Lyubov Kazarnovskaya he did not bring. And she decided not to waste her time on dubious filmmaking.
Fund
The singer is also actively involved in television projects. In 2011, she sat on the jury of the First Channel television show called The Phantom of the Opera. In 2013, she judged the performances of the artists in the One-to-One program. She is not alien to social activities: back in 1997, Kazarnovskaya (the singer’s biography confirms this fact) established a fund under her own name, the Lyubov Kazarnovskaya Foundation, whose mission is to support Russian opera art. Thanks to this public organization, vocal masters and master classes of opera singing became possible. Young vocalists receive scholarships from the foundation, the only children's opera house in the world has been created, it is located in the city of Dubna.
Employment
Singer Kazarnovskaya, whose biography contains many pages devoted to social activities, is the coordinator of the Council of the Cultural Center "Union of Cities", which conducts cultural and educational events throughout Russia.
She is also the Chairman of the Russian Educational Society. Her super-activity is very civic, the singer wholeheartedly supports her undertakings, tries to catch up everywhere, and for the most part she succeeds. The only drawback of this lifestyle is that you rarely have to be at home. Tours, teaching and social activities take away all the time. But the husband of the opera singer, Austrian impresario Robert Roczik, treats this with understanding, and therefore strongly supports his wife. And Lyubov Kazarnovskaya, whose biography, nationality and attitude suggest an active life position, continues her artistic and social activities.