Shilova
Born in Zaporozhye. Studied at the conducting-choral and theoretical departments of the Voroshilovgrad School of Music. In 1997 graduated from the vocal faculty of the St Petersburg State Conservatoire (class of Konstantin Pluzhnikov). As a student, worked at the Chamber Music Theatre St Petersburg Opera.
In 1998—02 was a soloist at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre of the St Petersburg Conservatoire.
Since 2002 has been a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre. Debuted as Marfa (Khovanshchina).
3rd prize at the All-Russian Obukhov Festival-Competition of Young Vocalists (Lipetsk)
Marfa (Khovanshchina)
Spring (The Snow Maiden)
Marta, Laura (Iolanta)
Xenia’s Nurse (Boris Godunov)
The Fortune-teller (The Fiery Angel) — the first performer at the Bolshoi Theatre
Olga, Filippyevna (Eugene Onegin)
Sonyetka (The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
Polina (The Queen of Spades)
Princess Linetta (The Love for Three Oranges)
Matriosha, Mavra Kuzminichna (War and Peace)
Nanny, Female street vendor (The Children of Rosenthal by L. Desyatnikov)
Alkonost (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and of the Maiden Fevronia)
Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride)
Marina Mnishek, Innkeeper (Boris Godunov)
Carmen (Carmen)
Prince Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus)
Fenena (Nabucco)
Teresa (La sonnambula)
Konchakovna (Prince Igor)
The Snow Queen (The Story of Kai and Gerda by A. Banevich)
Polina, The Countess (The Queen of Spades)
Sonyetka (Katerina Izmailova)
Ulrica (Un Ballo in Maschera)
Perfilyevna (The Maid of Pskov, concert performance)
The part of mezzo-soprano in the ballet A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky (part Bela)
Mezzo-soprano/ The Porter/ The Wind (the ballet Nureyev by I. Demutsky)
Jocasta (Oedipus rex by I. Stravinsky)
Dido (La prise de Troie by H. Berlioz)
Khivrya (Sorochintsy Fair by M. Mussorgsky)
Gertrude (Hansel and Gretel)
Amneris (Aida)
The mezzo-soprano parts in the Requiem by G. Verdi, Requiem by W.A. Mozart, the oratorio Messiah by G.F. Handel, the cantata by S. Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky and Symphony No.9 by L. van Beethoven.
Performed at Opera national de Lyon, the Bonn State Opera, Theater an der Wien, the Mariinsky Theatre, the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and the Concert Hall Zaryadye in Moscow. Participated in several festivals, such as Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the festivals in Quebec, Trancoso (Brazil), the Festival of Contemporary Art Territory, the International Chaliapin Festival in Kazan, Irina Arkhipova presents…, December evenings, Three centuries of Russian romance, Winter Tarusa (the festival of S.T. Richter Foundation) and many more.
Participated in concert programmes at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Moscow, the museum Tsaritsyno Palace, in the cultural programme of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow.
Collaborated with outstanding conductors, such as Christian Thielemann, Zubin Mehta, Kazushi Ono, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Tugan Sokhiev, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Mikhail Pletnev, Yuri Bashmet, Teodor Currentzis, Vassily Sinaisky, Gilbert Kaplan, Mikhail, Vladimir and Dmitry Jurowski, Diego Crovetti, Enrique Mazzola, Laurent Campellone, Michelangelo Mazza, Daniele Callegari, Kirill Petrenko, Alexander Vedernikov, Mikhail Agrest, Vladislav Chernushenko, Boris Tevlin, Rober and Svyatoslav Luther, Nikolay Kornev, Alexander Samyil and others.
Participated in productions by such directors as Yuri Lyubimov, Robert Lepage, Francesca Zambello, Alexander Sokurov, Tony Palmer, Lev Dodin, Valery Fokin, Kirill Serebrennikov, Yuri Alexandrov, Temur Chkheidze, Evgeny Arie, Rimas Tuminas, Sergey Zhenovach, Dmitry Chernyakov, Vasily Barkhatov, Ivan Popovski, David Pountney, Pierre Luigi Pizzi, Eimuntas Nekrošius, Victor Kramer, Stephen Lawless.
Collaborated with such composers as Georgy Sviridov, Sergei Slonimsky, Leonid Desyatnikov, Luis Enriquez Bakalov, Sergei Banevich, Ilya Demutsky, Alexey Syumak, Sergei Nevsky.