Ludmilla Shilova - soprano
Ludmilla Shilova is a Russian Coloratura Soprano and protégé of the great Operatic Conductor Richard Bonynge who chose her for the Russian and Nordic Premieres of Haydn's opera "Orpheus and Euridice" with Ensemble XXI. Shilova began her music studies at the age of 6. After graduating from the Yekaterinburg Conservatory, she became a soloist at the Yekaterinburg Opera House (Russia’s 3rd most important Opera House after the Bolshoi and Marinsky Theatres). Ludmilla Shilova has sung in opera theatres and in concerts throughout Russia and Europe and at the Sydney Opera House. She has attended private consultations with Dame Joan Sutherland and has recorded under the baton of Richard Bonynge for CD and the Olympia label the leading roles of Euridice in Haydn’s Orpheo and Cinderella in Nicolo Isouard’s Cendrillon. She has been a soloist with many of Russia’s leading orchestras.

Examples of Ludmilla Shilova's recordings online

Haydn: Orfeo ed Euridice by EnsembleGramJoseph Haydn
Orfeo et Euridicel’Anima del Filosofo
Synopsis & Libretto

Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Ensemble XXI Musical Director: Lygia O’Riordan

Ludmilla Shilova as Euridice

Act I
Scene
1
2
Recitativo, Euridice  Sventurata che fo, dove mi aggiro?
3 Coro   Ferma il piede, O principessa!
4 Recitativo accompagnato, Euridice  Che chiedete da me?

5 Aria, Euridice  Filomena abbandonata
6 Recitativo Orfeo, Euridice  Che miro, oh Dio!
9 Recitativo
, Euridice, Orfeo
Nume de' miei pensieri

Scene 2

13 Recitativo, Euridice, Orfeo, Creonte Padre...... Signor
14 Duetto , Orfeo, Euridice Come il foco allo splendore  

Act II
Scene 1 & 2

16 Recitativo, Orfeo, Euridice Adorata consorte
17 Coro con Duetto, Orfeo, Euridice  Amar può l'età canuta
18 Recitativo accompagnato, Euridice, Orfeo Numi, che ascolto
Scene 3  
19 Recitativo
, Euridice, Corista  Ecco Signor
20 Recitativo accompagnato, Euridice  Dov'è l'amato bene? 
21 Cavatina
, Euridice Del mio core il voto estremo

CD II

Act III 
Scene 1

6 Aria, Genio Al tuo seno fortunato (Shilova)
9 Recitativo, Orfeo, Euridice Dove mi guidi?
Act IV
Scene 1

19 Recitativo, Genio, Euridice, Orfeo    Sovvengati la legge

Händel Cleopatra’s Aria (‘Julius Caesar’


George Friedrich Händel The Messiah

PART ONE
Recitative, Soprano, There were shepherds 
Air, Soprano, Rejoice 
PART TWO
Recitative, Soprano, Thy rebuke 
Air, Soprano, Behold
Air, Soprano, Thou art gone up on high.
Air, Soprano, How beautiful are the feet
PART THREE
Air, Soprano, I know that my Redeemer liveth
Air, Soprano, If God be for us

Mozart Elektra's Aria

Boieldieu Bolero

Nicolo Isouard Cendrillon
ACT I
3 Romance
, Cendrillon  Je suis modeste et soumise… 
6 Hunting Chorus  O l’heureuse journée, toujours nouveau plaisir…
7 Finale  Allons! Allons, allons, que tout s’apprête… 
ACT II
12 Duet, Cendrillon, Prince  Ah! La victoire m’est promise
13
Cendrillon: Dans quel trouble il m’a jetée!; Finale A la plus belle of frons nos vœux… 
17 Duet
, Prince, Cendrillon, Ensemble  Ciel! Quel étonnant rapport!