Ekaterina Semenchuk was born in the former Soviet Union in Minsk in 1976. She studied singing at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersberg and made her debut at the famous Mariinsky Theater while still a student. Her broad repertoire includes important and technically demanding roles such as Azucena in Verdi’s Il trovatore, Princess Eboli (Don Carlo) and Amneris (Aida), as well as the roles of Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), Marina (Boris Godunov) and the title role of Carmen. The mezzo-soprano makes guest appearances at all the major international houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Opéra de Paris, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Teatro alla Scala or at the Salzburg Festival.