Larisa Kell

In 1998, she graduated from the Solo Singing Department of the Perm State Institute of Culture (class of Elena Oparina) and joined the Perm Opera Company.

Her repertoire includes: Yaroslavna (Prince Igor by Borodin), the title role (Madama Butterfly by Puccini), Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orleans), Larina (Eugene Onegin), Marta (Iolanta) in operas by Tchaikovsky; Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov), Fata Morgana (The Love for Three Oranges by Prokofiev), Catherine (Jeanne d’Arc at the Stake by Honegger), and the soprano part in Les noces (The Wedding) by Stravinsky.

She has taken part in concert performances of operas including: Senta (The Flying Dutchman by Wagner), the title role (Tosca by Puccini), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni), Amneris (Aida by Verdi), Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos by R. Strauss), Fata Morgana (The Love for Three Oranges by Prokofiev), Zita (Gianni Schicchi by Puccini), Amelfa (The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov), and the Cook (The Nightingale by Stravinsky).

She has collaborated with conductors and directors such as Teodor Currentzis, Thomas Sanderling, Artyom Abashev, Petr Beliakin, Fedor Lednev, Valery Platonov, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Romeo Castellucci, Sigrid T’Hooft, Georgy Isaakyan, Philip Grigoryan, Marat Gatsalov, and Vladislavs Nastavševs.

She has toured with the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre in Germany and Switzerland, and performed at international festivals including “Viva, Opera!” (Magnitogorsk, 2008; Cavalleria rusticana) and Tengri Music (Bishkek, 2018; Tosca), where she sang the roles of Santuzza and Floria Tosca.

In 2021, she was nominated for the “Golden Mask” Russian national theatre award for her performance as Fata Morgana in The Love for Three Oranges.

In 2021, she became Opera Company director; since 2025, she has served as Head of the Opera Troupe.