Anastasia Boldyreva, mezzo soprano, was born in Russia. Her repertoire includes Maddalena in Il viaggio a Reims (Rossini), Galatea in Il Pirgmalione (Donizetti), Bersi in Andrea Chenier (Giordano), Apollonia in La Canterina (Haydn), Mercedes in Carmen (Bizet), Tzippy in Where the Wild Things Are (Knussen) and other roles. She performed in the opera houses of Florence, Naples, Genova, Turin, Japan and the Arena di Verona. This is her Israeli Opera debut.