Alfia Kamalova-Hansen

The Estonian-born soprano Alfia Kamalova studied singing at the Eesti Muusikaakadeemia in Tallinn and at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and attended masterclasses with Maria Venuti, Monica Groop, Tom Krause and Siegfried Jerusalem. Whilst still a student, she sang in several opera productions in Finland and Estonia. After graduating, she was engaged by the Stadttheater Gießen, where she performed a wide-ranging repertoire spanning opera, operetta and musical theatre, including Nannetta (‘Falstaff’), Hodel (‘Anatevka’), Countess Anastasia (‘The Csárdás Princess’), Esmeralda (‘The Bartered Bride’) and Mozart’s Bastienne (‘Bastien and Bastienne’). Alfia Kamalova has been a member of the MiR soloist ensemble since the 2008–09 season. In 2015, she was awarded the Gelsenkirchen Theatre Community Prize. Alfia Kamalova has been a member of the MiR Opera Chorus since the 2017–18 season.