Biography

Ms. Kuznetsova is an alumna of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists (Chicago). 

Moscow native Dina Kuznetsova graduated from The Academic Music College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire (piano).  She received her vocal training  at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. While attending Santa Barbara's Music Academy of the West, she sang the title role of Handel's Rodelinda and won the Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition, which resulted in her New York debut recital. She also gave a duet recital in Savona, Italy under the auspices of Renata Scotto's Opera Academy at Mme. Scotto's request.

Ms.Kuznetsova's international successes in a wide variety of lyric and coloratura repertoire began with Merab/Saul in Brussels, followed by Donna Anna/ Don Giovanni and Adina/ L'elisir d'amore (Berlin Sttatsoper), Giulietta/ I Capuleti e i Montecchi (London's English National Opera)/ and the title role/Rodelinda (Munich's Staatsoper). She has brought her Musetta to San Francisco, her Violetta to Costa Mesa (Opera Pacific) and Boston Lyric Opera, and her Gilda to Boston Lyric Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Cincinatti.   Kuznetsova sang title role in The Cunning Little Vixen at Lyric Opera of Chicago. She also returned there as Juleitte/ Romeo et Juliette.

Ms. Kuznetsova's highlights include a return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Tatyana in Yevgeny Onegin opposite Dmitri Hvorostovsky and conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, Vienna State Opera debut as Gounod's Juliette and her Royal Opera, Covent Garden debut as Lauretta in a new production of Gianni Schicchi.

In summer 2009 Ms. Kuznetsova’s debuted at the Glyndebourne Festival as Alice Ford in a new Richard Jones production of Falstaff, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

The season 2011 is highlighted by Ms. Kuznetsova’s outstanding debut portrayal, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, of Dvorak’s Rusalka at Glyndebourne Festival 2011.

Ms.Kuznetsova's profound interest in recital repertoire has produced a close association with the New York Festival of Song. She has also appeared at Weill Hall, Lincoln Center, L'Orchestre National de France, and with the major orchestras of Clivlend and Boston.   

Dina Kuznetsova has worked with such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Sir Andrew Davis, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Vladimir Jurowski, Antonio Pappano, Donald Runnicles, Jesus Lopez-Cobos and others.