Julia Lezhneva
Julia Lezhneva (Russian: Юлия Михайловна Лежнева) (born December 5, 1989) is a Russian soprano and coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer. She has studied with Elena Obraztsova, Dennis ONeill and Yvonne Kenny Lezhnevas repertoire ranges across many styles and periods, from Baroque to bel canto to Romantic. It comprises works by Vivaldi and Broschi, Bach and Handel, Mozart and Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, Massenet and Charpentier, Rimsky-Korsakov and Gretchaninov. She also performs songs by Fauré, Schubert, Berlioz, Debussy, Boulanger, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov.