RUSSIAN ARIA RESOURCE
Welcome to Russian Aria Resource!
We offer complete diction guides for over 150 arias from the Russian operatic repertoire. Each aria resource contains the following:
International Phonetic Alphabet transcription
Literal translation
Poetic Translation
Syllabic Recording by native speaker
Sheet music with IPA inserted
Sheet music with Cyrillic text only
Summary of dramatic situation
Sample our work
syllabic READING BY NATIVE SPEAKER
Lyudmila's Aria
"Oh, my fate..." from Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka
IPA TRANSCRIPTION OF CYRILLIC TEXT
Joan of Arc's Aria
"Yes, the hour has come..." from The Maid of Orleans by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
sheet music with IPA Transcription
Lensky's Arioso
"I love you..." from Eugene Onegin by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky
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Coaching
One-on-one diction coaching sessions with Russian Aria Resource founder Fotina Naumenko are available for purchase!
Sound Guide
This video shows the Russian Alphabet in order, with the IPA symbols that correspond to each letter.
Notice that many consonants have a soft (palatalized) version, and hard (non-palatalized) version. Soft consonants have a little tail to differentiate them from hard consonants. The difference between the soft and hard consonants is subtle, but so important in making you sound like a native speaker!
Our favorite Russian letters are Ы, Ж, Ю and Щ.... watch the video to see how they are pronounced. Have fun!
Fotina Naumenko, DMA
Soprano Fotina Naumenko has been singing in Russian ever since she can remember. Born into a Russian-American family, she has always had a special place in her heart for music of her family's ancestral homeland. Fotina created Russian Aria Resource to make the beautiful, rich Russian operatic repertoire more accessible for non-native speakers.
This project was sponsored by a Fulbright Fellowship, which Fotina completed in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory.
Fotina is a professional singer and serves as Associate Professor of Voice at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM) and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MM, DMA). To learn more about Fotina, please visit her website at www.fotinanaumenko.com.
