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Photo: Tom Newport

Antonida Kocharova

Primary Skill:

Soprano

Nationality:

British, Russian

Country:

United Kingdom

Languages (fluent):

English, Russian

Opera

Iolanta
Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2023
Ophelia
Ophelia: In Her Own Words (Prokofiev)
Orchestra Vox
2023
1 st soprano Chorus
Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi)
Guildford Opera Company
2007
1 st soprano Chorus
L'Elisir d'Amore (Donizetti)
Guildford Opera Company
2008
2nd Genii
Die Zauberflote (Mozart)
Guildford Opera Company
2009
Alto Solo Chorus
Acis & Galatea (Handel)
New Chamber Opera
2017
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica (Puccini)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2021
1st Alto Chorus
Tosca (Puccini)
Oxford Opera Company
2018
1st Alto Chorus
Die Zauberflote (Mozart)
Cavatina Opera
2018
Carmen, Susanna
Staged Opera Scenes (Various)
Oxford Opera Society
2018
Filipyevna
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)
The People's Opera
2019
1 st soprano Chorus
Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck)
Oxford Opera Society
2019
Susanna, Dalila
Fundraising Gala (Various)
Oxford Opera Society
2019
Carmen, Cherubino
Charity Concert (Various)
Oxford Opera Society
2017
Elsa, Tatiana, Woglinde
Opera Scenes 2020 (Various)
Oxford Opera Society
2020
1st Alto Chorus
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (Ravel)
VOPERA
2020
Recitalist
Tchaikovsky Arias in Virtual Recital (Tchaikovsky)
Eglesfield Music Society
2020
Mary
A Feast in Time of Plague (Cesar Cui)
Oxford Opera Society
2021
Martha Daniels (ensemble and small solo)
Banished (Stephen McNeff)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2022
Sarah Roberts
Banished (Stephen McNeff)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2022
Forester's Wife/Owl
The Cunning Little Vixen (Janáček)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2023
Golden Cockerel
Golden Cockerel (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Orchestra Vox/The People's Opera
2023

Art Song

Warm-Up Act
Short solo programme - Aida Garifullina's Recital (Various)
Oxford Union
2023
Recitalist
Lunchtime Recital (Various)
Handsworth St Mary, Birmingham
2022
Recitalist
Lunchtime Recital (Various)
St Chad's, Shrewsbury
2022
Recitalist
Lunchtime Recital (Various)
Savile Club, London
2021
Recitalist
Lost Lovesongs (Michael Maxwell Steer)
Sands Films Music Studio
2021
Recitalist
Russian Songs Recitals (Various)
Keble College Oxford, Somerville College Oxford
2018
Recitalist
Solo Recital (Various)
Eglesfield Music Society
2017

Oratorio/Concerts

Soprano Soloist
Handel Weekend (Handel)
Cherubim Trust
2023
Soprano Soloist
Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)
Hinksey St John, Oxford
2023
Soprano Soloist
Purcell Weekend (Purcell)
Cherubim Trust
2022
1st Alto semi-chorus
Das Paradies und die Peri (Schumann)
Oxford University Chorus
2019
Soprano Soloist
Gloria (Vivaldi)
St Hilda's Choir Oxford
2018
Alto Soloist
Gloria (Vivaldi)
NewChoir Oxford
2017

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

2018.01.28 OMF Warlock Take O Take Those Lips Away

2018.10.14 Robin Bowman Masterclass Rubinstein Night

Competitions

Ashleyan Opera Prize Finalist (2023)

Delius Society Prize 2nd Prize (2023)

Winner of Edward Brooks Lieder Prize (2023)

Ashleyan Opera Prize Finalist (2022)

Edward Brooks Lieder Prize Finalist (2022)

Mario Lanza Opera Prize Finalist (2022)

First Place in Open British Song Class, Oxford Music Festival (2018)

Roy Harvey Memorial Cup for Best Opera/Oratorio (2018)

"Antonida Kocharova a crowing glory as the Golden Cockerel, resplendent in gold and pink" - Daily Info (2023)

"not just played but embodied by Antonida Kocharova" - Oxford Blue [The Golden Cockerel] (2023)

"Yet, it was the ‘Кокори! Кокорико!-ing’ Golden Cockerel (Antonida Kocharova), clad in quasi-Walkürian golden feathers, who exemplified the dark irony of the production." - Opus (2023)

"...ably supported by Antonida Kocharova" - Opera Magazine [A Feast in Time of Plague] (2021)

MMus Vocal and Operatic Performance (studying with Cathy Benson)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2021–2024
Private Study
Fiona Dobie
2017–2021

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