Lidia Fridman is a dramatic bel canto soprano known for her wide vocal range, dark timbre, and exceptional agility. Born in Samara, Russia, in 1996, she studied locally and at the Elena Obraztsova Academy before graduating with honors from the conservatories of Udine and Venice in Italy. A winner of several international competitions, she was nominated “Young Artist of the Year” at the 2021 International Opera Awards and currently studies with Paoletta Marrocu.
She opens 2026 with Macbeth (Lady Macbeth) at Teatro Regio Torino in a new production by Chiara Muti under the baton of Riccardo Muti, followed by her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under M° Riccardo Muti and her debut at Staatsoper Berlin (Nabucco). She will also return to Wiener Staatsoper in the title role of Salome and sing Norma at NCPA Beijing under the baton of M° Fabio Luisi. She will return to the Festival Verdi in Parma with Nabucco and make her debut with the New York Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14 under Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
In the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons she makes major debuts as Lady Macbeth in the French version of Macbeth (Festival Verdi Parma, Pierre Audi/Roberto Abbado), Lucrezia Borgia (Opera di Roma, Valentina Carrasco/Roberto Abbado), Norma (Wiener Staatsoper, Cyril Teste/Antonino Fogliani), Anna Bolena (La Fenice, Pier Luigi Pizzi/Renato Balsadonna), Marie (Wozzeck) at Teatro la Fenice in Venezia, Salome (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Emma Dante/Alexander Soddy), and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14 with M° Luisi. She also appears as Giselda in I Lombardi (Teatro Real Madrid, Daniel Oren), Dalinda in Donizetti’s Dalinda (Amsterdam Concertgebouw), and Lina in Stiffelio (Piacenza, with Gregory Kunde).
Recent highlights include Amelia and Abigaille (Un ballo in maschera, Nabucco with Muti), Donna Elvira (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Tatjana (Eugene Onegin), Giselda (I Lombardi, Parma), Dalinda at Konzerthaus Berlin, and Sylvia in Donizetti’s L’Ange de Nisida (Donizetti Festival). She also performed in Le Villi and Edgar at the Puccini Festival during the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death, and appeared in Puccini and Pergolesi gala concerts under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Muti. Her recordings include the world premiere recordings of Donizetti’s L’Ange de Nisida (2019) and Dalinda (Naxos, 2024).
2026
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