Maslennikova Anzhela Hennadiivna (08. 12. 1970, Elizovo, Kamchatka Territory, Russia) - choirmaster. Honoured Worker of Culture of Ukraine (2009).
Order of Princess Olga, 3rd Class (2020). З
Graduated from the Kyiv Conservatory (now the National Music Academy of Ukraine, 1995; class of M. Krechka) and completed an assistantship at the Conservatory (2004; class of L. Venedyktova).
Since 1992, she has been working at the Kyiv Municipal Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth: since 2001 - Chief Choirmaster. She has staged with the theatre's choir: 9 symphonies. L. van Bethoven (2001), Requiem by G. Verdi (2002), A. Schnittke (2003) and G. Fauré (2014), Stabat Mater by G. Pergolesi (2005), stage cantata Carmina Burana by C. Orff. Orff (2002), concerts "Choral Arabesques" (2011) and "Choral Arabesques-2" (2014), educational programme "Choral Alphabet for Children and Their Parents" (2015), a cappella programmes. Choirmaster-director of theatre performances: operas "Koshchei the Immortal" (2002) and "The Night Before Christmas" (2009) by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, "Persians of Tiresias" by F. Poulenc (2010), "La Traviata" by G. Verdi (2011), "The Enchanted Chumak" by I. Poklad (2009), "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by J. and L. Kolodub (2015), "The Story of Kai and Gerda" (2006), "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (2009), "Twelve Months" (2010) by S. Banevych, musical and drama performances "Shevchenko's Roads". musical and dramatic performances "Shevchenko's Roads" (2013) and "The Whole World is Shakespeare" (2014), a contemporary mystery "Come Back Alive" to the music of L. Telniuk (2014), choral parts in the ballet "May Night" by Y. Stankovych (2015). Choirmaster-director of international projects - rock opera "Ça ira" by R. Waters, "Barcelona" by F. Mercury (both in Kyiv, 2007) and opera "Carmen" by J. Bizet (2008, Ukrainian-Dutch project).
The theatre choir under the direction of M. has a wide repertoire of stylistic range and excellent performing technique, performs a lot outside the theatre with programmes of folk and ancient music, Ukrainian brass music, works of national and Western European classical and contemporary composers, and participates in various projects.
