Elena Evgenievna Ionova - an outstanding Russian theater actress, opera and operetta singer, who received the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2014.
Biography
Elena was born in the Russian capital in 1958 in the spring of April 3, in a military family. Since childhood, the daughter of an officer was attracted to creativity, she sang beautifully, performed on her own, and her parents no longer doubted the choice of the future for Helen. After graduating from school in 1974, the girl went to receive education at the Gnesins College, and then entered the famous GITIS, where she studied from 1979 to 1984.
Career
In 1985, Elena Ionova was invited to work at the Moscow Operetta. Possessing expressive mezzo-soprano, the artist performed the main parts in "Violet of Montmart", "Merry Widow" and other classical performances. She created such vivid images on stage that the audience, and after her theater critics, called Elena "an opera star."
In 1990, a new opera theater appeared in Moscow, created by the eccentric theater director Dmitry Bertman, a famous artist, known for his high-profile productions of classical operas and unexpected directorial solutions for performances. He meticulously recruited a troupe for his Helikon Opera, possessing a peculiar aesthetic sense: not only the vocal data of the artists, but also their appearance were important to him.
Elena Evgenievna was one of the few singers invited by Bertman, and remains almost the only one who works in two theaters at once: State Academic and Helikon. In 1998, Bertman put Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann" in French, and in the image of Juliet he saw exclusively Elena Ionova.
In "Helikon", Elena performs the main roles in the operas "Carmen", "Aide", "La Traviata", in the musicals "Cinderella", "Mowgli" and many others that are successfully performed today.
The singer is actively performing and touring abroad at present. Despite her already pretty solid age, she looks great, but not at the expense of plastic surgery. Elena Evgenievna willingly reveals the secrets of her youth in numerous interviews: this is a profession with which she is sincerely passionate, the opportunity to do what she loves, inexhaustible interest in life and a strong family.
