About - Sofia Fomina

Known for her incredibly powerful and stunningly resonant soprano voice, Sofia Fomina is a frequent presence on major opera stages, as well as in recital and concert venues across the globe.

In the 2023/24 season, Fomina is set to make her highly anticipated debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in the role of Konstanze in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and she will return to Glyndebourne as Micaëla in a new production of Carmen. She will also reprise the role of Konstanze at the Hamburg Staatsoper.

In the previous season, she performed as Pamina in The Magic Flute at Semperoper Dresden, as well as Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at Zurich Opera. In addition, she took on the role of Ännchen in a new production of Der Freischütz by David Marton at Theater an der Wien and Oksana in Rimsky-Korsakov’s rarely staged Christmas Eve with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski.

Among her recent operatic successes are her operatic debut in the United States as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Seattle Opera, her role and company debut as Pamina in a new production of Die Zauberflöte at Glyndebourne Festival and the BBC Proms, her debut at the Norwegian Opera as Micaëla in Calixto Bieito’s acclaimed staging of Carmen, Musetta in La bohème at the Festspiele Baden-Baden with Teodor Currentzis, Gilda in Rigoletto, Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffman, and Jemmy in Guillaume Tell at the Royal Opera House. Fomina also made her debut at Opéra de Paris as Blondchen in a new production of Die Entführung aus dem Serail, performed Berthe in Le Prophète at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, and made a company debut as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at Staatsoper Hamburg. She debuted the role of Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and also returned as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Gilda in Rigoletto, Fiakermilli in Arabella, and Oscar in Un ballo in Maschera, all at Bayerische Staatsoper. She also performed as Aquillo in a concert performance of Adriano in Siria at Theater an der Wien.

On the concert platform, she has been engaged in performances such as Mahler Symphony No.4 with the Boston Philharmonic, Les Noces with the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin at the Enescu Festival, Amanda in Le Grand Macabre with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No.8 with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi, Woglinde in Das Rheingold and Mahler Symphony No.2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski, Haydn’s Harmoniemesse in Eisenstadt with Fabio Biondi, a debut recital at Wigmore Hall with pianist Iain Burnside, and a recital at Middle Temple Hall with Julius Drake and Roderick Williams. She performed at the 2017 Deutsche Aids-Stiftung Operngala at Deutsche Oper Berlin, took on the role of Marzelline in a concert version of Fidelio at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and in London with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, performed Carmina Burana in a New Year Gala Concert with the Czech Philharmonic and Jakub Hrůša, took on Mussorgsky’s The Nursery and Mahler Symphony No.4 on tour in Ferrara, Bologna, and Frankfurt with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Gerald Finley, and Vladimir Jurowski, debuted as Nanetta in a concert version of Falstaff with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner, and took part in a New Year’s Gala Performance with the Orchestra dell’ Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Fomina also performed Mahler Symphony No.8 and Mahler Symphony No.4 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in London, Madrid, Valencia, Alicante, Dresden, and New York, as well as Mahler Symphony No.2 in Toledo Cathedral with the Orchestra of Teatro Real.

Her discography features a solo recital debut on Chandos, dedicated to the Russian composer Nikolei Medtner, as well as recordings of Mahler Symphony No.4 and Janáček’s The Eternal Gospel, both with the London Philharmonic and Vladimir Jurowski.

Born in Russia, Fomina studied at the Orlovsky Music College and the Gnesin Academy of Music in Moscow. She began her career at the Novosibirsk Opera Theatre and later joined the ensemble of the State Theatre of Saarbrücken. From 2013 to 2015, she was a member of Frankfurt Opera.