“Soprano Oxana Senina surrounded Kowalski with the beauty of sure high notes” (Los Angeles Times)

 

After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory with degrees in both voice and cello, Oxana made her operatic debut as Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. The following year, as the winner of Russia’s prestigious Mozart Competition, she was invited to perform at the Mozart Festival in Moscow. Shortly thereafter, she moved to the United States and was awarded a scholarship to Princeton’s CoOPERAtive program, where she was featured in roles as Rosina, Zerbinetta, and Lakme. Settling in Los Angeles, Oxana also won several competitions there, including the Village Voice, Society of Singers, and Concerto Competitions, and was a semi- finalist in LA Opera’s Young Artist program. Oxana has since performed with many of Southern California’s opera companies, including Opera Santa Barbara, Long Beach Opera, Opera San Diego, Repertory Opera Company, & Opera Nova. She has performed roles such as Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Mimi and Musetta (La Boheme), Rosina (il Barbiere di Siviglia), Ann Page (The Merry Wives of Windsor) and Verdi’s Requiem, as well as modern repertoire in roles such as Queen Tye (Akhnaten), Martha Sheldon (The Crucible), and Cunegonde (Candide). 

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Over the past year Oxana has been featured in productions in the U.S., Europe, & Russia. In January of 2019, she was featured as a soloist in Opera Santa Barbara’s 25th Anniversary Concert. In June, she performed the role of La Prima Cercatrice in a production of Suor Angelica at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and has been invited back to perform there again next season. In November, she made her debut in Amsterdam, singing cantatas BWV 115 (Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit) and 61 (Nun komm der Heiden Heiland) with the Bach Academy of Amsterdam. Later this season, in Amsterdam, she will be singing in productions of Stabat mater (Pergolesi) and the Nursery (Mussorgsky) with the Amstel Strijkers Ensemble, and will perform the role of Micaela in Carmen, with Opera op de Lelie. 

Mentored by renowned Italian tenor Salvatore Fisichella, the two have worked regularly together to hone her voice in the Italian Belcanto style. Oxana is passionate about helping aspiring singers and musicians fulfill their dreams and has a successful teaching practice in Los Angeles.