Barno Ismatullaeva
Uzbek soprano from Andijan; a member of the Hanover State Opera ensemble in 2019–2025 and awarded the Order of Friendship in 2023.
- Occupation:
- Singer, Opera singer
- Born:
- 1991
- Birthplace:
- Andijan
Biography
Barno Ismatullaeva was born in Andijan. She studied at the Andijan College of Arts in 2006–2009 and later graduated from the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.
In 2014 she was a prize winner of the Competizione dell'Opera competition in Tashkent. In 2017 she took part in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, after which she performed on various opera stages.
She made her Austrian debut in Innsbruck in 2018 and her German debut in Nuremberg in 2019. From 2019 to 2025 she was a member of the ensemble of the Hanover State Opera, where she sang roles including Desdemona in Otello, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and Mimì in La bohème.
She has sung Madama Butterfly at the Bregenz Festival (2022), in Hamburg, Turin, Madrid, Berlin and other cities. She opened the 2025/2026 season at the Teatro Regio in Turin as Francesca in Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini.
In 2023, ahead of Uzbekistan's Independence Day, she was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Education
- Andijan College of ArtsCollege · Andijan · 2006–2009
Career
- Hanover State OperaEnsemble soloist · 2019–2025
Awards
Order «Do'stlik» (Friendship)2023 · Uzbekistan
Life path
- 2006–2009Andijan College of Arts
Studies at the college of arts in Andijan.
- 2014Competizione dell'Opera
First place at the international competition in Tashkent.
- 2017BBC Cardiff Singer of the World
Took part in the competition.
- 2018Austrian debut
Amelia in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, Innsbruck.
- 2019German debut
Madama Butterfly, Staatstheater Nürnberg.
- 2019–2025Hanover State Opera
Ensemble soloist.
- 2023Order of Friendship
Ahead of Uzbekistan's Independence Day.
Achievements
- 🥇Competizione dell'OperaCompetizione dell'Opera international competition, Tashkent (2014)
Followers
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