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Galina Kuklina was born in Donetsk (Ukraina), where she received the full musical education. In 1998 she obtained a diploma with distinction from the Vocal Faculty of the Donetsk Conservatory. She received several awards at the national vocal competitions. She was semi-finalist at the International Sergej Rachmaninov Competition in Moscow (1997). Galina Kuklina has a strong voice with a dark timbre and large diapason, what allows her to perform works and opera roles written for young-dramatic soprano, as well as some mezzo-soprano parts. She is considered an outstanding actress with an excellent stage expressiveness. Galina Kuklina has performed among others the following opera parts: Carmen, Butterfly, Aida, Amelia, Tosca, Maddalena/Andrea Chenier, Leonora/Fidelio, Wenus/Tannhäuser, Dorabella/Cosi fan tutte, Halka, Marina, Preziosilla, Fenena. Her artistic activity includes also concert performances. Besides of Ukraina and states of the former Soviet Union, Galina Kuklina has performed in several Polish opera theatres, as well as in Germany, France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Denmark. She performed among others at the Festival in Xanten (Aida, Fenena), in Niedersaechsische Staatsoper Hannover (Marina) and in Théâtre de Châtelet in Paris. March 2004 Galina Kuklina performed at the presence of Placido Domingo the part of Maddalena in the opening-night performance of Giordano's "Andrea Chenier" in the stage direction by Mariusz Trelinski (co-production of the Poznan Opera Theatre and the Opera in Washington). At the present time Galina Kuklina is connected with a long-term contract to the Grand Opera Theatre in Poznan, Poland. In 2002 she received the Polish citizenship.
ORPHEUS OPER INTERNATIONAL, October 1999: “Galina Kuklina delighted with her lovely voice and an excellent stage presentation”
GAZETA WYBORCZA, 22 May 2000: “Kuklina filled her Butterfly with a dark, quite dramatic timbre of voice. She created an extremely reliable character”
RUCH MUZYCZNY, 20 August 2000: “Kuklina is not only a talented vocalist, but also an outstanding, extremely good-looking, actress”
GAZETA WYBORCZA, 18 December 2000: “The performance was dominated by the individuality of Galina Kuklina. She was vocaly impeccable and very convincing as a character. She kept firmly in her hands the whole dramaturgy of the performance.
ZYCIE, 20 December 2000: “The outstanding actress and singer, Kuklina stimulated the whole performance - with her emotions, fervour, dynamism”
KURIER SZCZECINSKI, 22 October 2001: “Kulina has a rare voice (such a voice had for example the legendary Renata Tebaldi), which is able to raise great roles in the operas by Verdi and Puccini. She sings in a dramatic voice, which with its power almost makes to explode the concert-hall walls; she shows many beautifull colours, and the outstanding phrasing allows her to keep stylistic homogeneity. (...)She presented the style of singing extremely generous, she showed off the power, tone-colouring and elasticity of her voice”
FRAENKISCHE NACHRICHTEN, 19 March 2002: “Sowohl in der einfuehlsamen Darstellung als auch im ausdrucksvoll-nuancenreichen Gesang gefaellt die ueber einen klaren, biegsamen, schoen gefuerten Sopran gebietende Galina Kuklina als Butterfly”
RUCH MUZYCZNY, 22 July 2007: „Galina Kuklina has a sonorous voice with interesting timbre, and an impeccable vocal technique”
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