Elena Tsallagova studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory and, after winning first prize in the Rachmaninov competition, began performing at the Mariinsky Theatre before continuing her studies in Europe. She was a member of the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra national de Paris. Recent engagements include La Renarde (The Cunning Little Vixen) at Munich's Bayerische Staastoper, Zdenka (Arabella), Gilda (Rigoletto), Oscar (A Masked Ball) and Pamina (The Magic Flute) at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Donna Fiorilla (The Turk in Italy) at the Hamburg Staatsoper, Princess Eudoxie (La Juive) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Virgin (Joan of Arc) at the Salzburg Festival and the title role of Alcina at the Stuttgart Staatsoper. A former member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich and Deutsche Oper Berlin ensembles, she remains a regular guest of these houses. Recent concert appearances include Brahms' German Requiem at the BBC Proms, Handel's Messiah at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Salzburg Festival and the Salzburg Mozarteum. In the 2023-2024 season, she appears as Marta (Die Passagierin) at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Eva (Les Maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg) and Corinna (Le Voyage à Reims) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Adina (L'Élixir d'amour) at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and Leïla (Les Pêcheurs de perles) at the Opéra-Ballet de Flandre. Elena Tsallagova has been named Best Singer of the Year 2021 by Opus Classic. At the Opéra national de Paris: Capriccio (Eine italienische Sängerin), 2007; Don Carlo (Una Voce dal cielo), 2008; La Femme sans ombre (Die Stimme des Falken, Ein Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels, Eine Kinderstimme, Eine Stimme), 2008; La Petite Renarde rusée (The Cunning Vixen), 2008; Ariane à Naxos (Najade), 2010; Siegfried (Waldvogel), 2011, 2013; Pelléas et Mélisande (Mélisande), 2012, 2015, 2017; Falstaff (Nannetta), 2013; La Bohème (Musetta), 2014, 2017; Werther (Sophie), 2016.