Julia Novikova (soprano)

Julia Borisovna Novikova (Russian: Юлия Борисовна Новикова; born 5 October 1983) is a Russian coloratura soprano.

Novikova in 2012 Salzburg Festival

She was born in Leningrad. As a child her parents took her to see performances at the Mariinsky Theatre.^[1] In 2006 she graduated from Saint Petersburg Conservatory after studying opera singing under Professor Olga Kondina.^[2]

She garnered international attention after performing in the 2010 RADA Film Production of Verdi's Rigoletto a Mantova opposite Plácido Domingo. The production was conducted by Zubin Mehta^[1] and televised live in 148 countries.^[3]

Awards

• Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition, Sweden (2006)^[4]
• Concours de Geneve, Switzerland and Neue Stimmen, Germany (2007)
• Emmerich Smola Förderpreis – in the context of Musikdebüt project of SWR Television (2008)
• Operalia – First Prize for best female voice, Audience Prize winner, Budapest (2009)