I first came across Russian soprano Ekaterina Siurina  as Zerlina in the 2008 video recording of Mozart’s Don Giovanni from Salzburg.  She had had plenty of success already in coloratura roles such as Gilda and Adina and was, I thought, the best Zerlina I had come across.  Fast forward to 2015 and she sang a very fine Violetta at the Four Seasons Centre opposite her husband Charles Castronovo.  A few years on and it’s not terribly surprising that she’s starting to venture into slightly heavier lyric-dramatic territory.  This is reflected in her recent album Where is My Beloved? recorded in 2022 with the  Kaunas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Constantin Orbelian. Continue reading →