The Russian mezzo-soprano Olesya Berman Chuprinova studied first at Ekaterinburg and then Moscow, where she made her début as Marchesa Melibea (Il viaggio a Reims) in 2008, a year in which she won first prize at the Polish Rübezahl International Singing Competition. In 2011 she moved to Italy, making her début in Palermo as Zita (Gianni Schicchi). A prizewinner in a number of competitions, she has continued with a career that has brought particular success in rôles including Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Mary (Der fliegende Holländer), Enrico (Elisabetta, regina d’Inghilterra), Maddalena (Rigoletto) and Angelina (La Cenerentola).