Pakhar Maria, soprano
was born in Russia. Her repertoire includes Musetta in La boheme (Puccini), Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), the title role in Iolanta (Tchaikovsky), Natasha in War and Peace (Prokofiev), Nedda in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) and others. This is her Israeli Opera debut.