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[[File:Elena pic 1.jpg|thumb|right|alt=|Elena Zoubareva]]

'''Elena Zoubareva''' is a [[Russian American]] [[soprano]] specializing in opera and classical crossover. Zoubareva is also a [[voice]] expert and a creator of the FitVoice program<ref>[http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20110314we_hear_elena_zoubareva_jason_butler_harner_and_more/srvc=home&position=also The Boston Herald 2011].</ref>

Born in [[Russia]] and educated at [[Moscow State University]] and [[Berklee College of Music]], Elena has performed in concert halls in Europe and the United States, including [[Russian Academy of Theatre Arts]], Moscow Army Theater,<ref>[[:File:Red Army Theatre in Moscow.jpg|The Red Army Theatre]]</ref> [[JFK Library]], [[Berklee College of Music]] and [[the Boston Conservatory]].

Her most recent CD, Allure, was produced by Jonathan Wyner. Elena’s recording of [[Ennio Morricone]]’s song [[C’era una volta il West]] (Once upon a Time in the West) from the Allure album reached the top song in Opera and Holiday Classical Categories on [[CDBaby]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Raintree |first=David |url=http://www.cdbaby.com/TopSongs/338 |title=CDbaby Top Songs List, Opera, 2011 |publisher=Cdbaby.com |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Foster |first=Karen |url=http://www.cdbaby.com/TopSongs/902 |title=CDbaby Top Songs List, Classical, 2011 |publisher=Cdbaby.com |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2014}}

==Early life and education==
Elena Zoubareva was born in [[Alma-Ata]], [[Soviet Union]], the second child of Ivan Zoubarev, a Soviet military conductor, and Zarema Zoubareva, (née Plieva, of a prominent [[Ossetia]]n family) a lawyer.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Many of Zoubareva's relatives on her father's side are artists and musicians, including her aunts: the late Irina Kalik, a ballerina at the [[Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre]], Galina Soboleva, a music critic and a publishing author <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Russkij_sovetskij_romans.html?id=iKPXNAAACAAJ|title=Books by Galina Soboleva}}</ref> and Elena G. Zoubareva, a radio music editor. Zoubareva's father, Ivan Zoubarev, was awarded the title Distinguished or [[Meritorious Artist]] of Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mentalnomadshow.blogspot.com/2009/01/artist-interview-singer-elena-zoubareva.html|title=Q&A: Singer Elena Zoubareva}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://clarinetist.spb.ru/e.php?sign=z|title=Ivan Zoubarev}}</ref>

Zoubareva's early music education was overseen by her father. She learned to read music before learning to read words.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} At the age of 6 she entered a formal music school, studying classical singing, piano, ear training, harmony and history of music. Since the beginning of her formal music education, Zoubareva has specialised in audiation, which refers to the ability to mentally remember and hear music, without the actual physical presence of sound.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

At the age of 8 she sang the title role in a children's opera [[Thumbelina]].{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} At the age of 15 she performed at the Moscow Army Theater.
After graduating from [[Boris Tchaikovsky]] Moscow Music school, Zoubareva was accepted simultaneously at the [[Ippolitov-Ivanov]] Music College in Moscow to study classical singing and at [[Moscow State University]] to study journalism. After the untimely death of her father, as a result of a psychological trauma Elena developed functional [[dysphonia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mentalnomadshow.blogspot.com/2009/01/artist-interview-singer-elena-zoubareva.html|title=Artist Interview}}</ref> The lack of a comprehensive treatment in Russia resulted in ultimate loss of her voice which forced Zoubareva to quit Music College and pause her singing career,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1982520109/Acclaimed-soprano-performs-in-Framingham-to-help-orphans-in-her-native-Russia|title=Acclaimed soprano performs in Framingham to help orphans in her native Russia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUso0RqWzdw|title=Story of a Voice Lost and Found}}</ref>

==Career==
Zoubareva’s voice gradually returned several years later and she resumed private lessons with Lydia Kovaleva, a former star of the [[Bolshoi Theater|Bolshoi Opera Theater]].{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Zoubareva credits Madame Kovaleva for fully restoring her voice.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} While visiting the US for the first time on a business trip under the invitation of the US Meat Export Federation, Zoubareva arranged a consultation with a renowned US voice instructor [[Dave Stroud]]. Impressed with Zoubareva's voice and interpretive abilities, Stroud encouraged her to restore her professional singing career.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Zoubareva went on to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA on a full scholarship and in 2003 graduated [[cum laude]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elenazoubareva.com/html/about.php|title=About Elena}}</ref> Elena's teachers at Berklee included, among others, her voice professor Kathryn Wright and her stage performance technique teacher, [[Livingston Taylor]]. Upon graduation, Zoubareva recorded and released her first full-length CD, La Tempesta Di Mare.

In New England, Elena’s career continued to grow, as she performs at such venues as the JFK Library, Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory. In 2006 she sang at the Springtime Gala, the event raised over $2 million to benefit students and adults of [[Cardinal Cushing]] Centers, Inc.

In 2009 Zoubareva recorded her second CD, Allure,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/zoubareva|title=CD Allure}}</ref> produced by Grammy-nominated producer Jonathan Wyner, of M-Works.

Elena recorded [[Ennio Morricone]]'s song "C’era una volta il West" (Once upon a Time in the West) from the ''Allure'' album, which for two months in 2011 was the top song in Opera and Holiday Classical categories on CD Baby.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Zoubareva has been interested in vocal health for many years, participating actively and conducting her own professional research, resulting in developing the FitVoice program, designed to educate American people about vocal health and correct usage of their speaking voices, even teaching [[Red Sox]] fans how to cheer correctly and analyzing the speaking voices of TV personalities, politicians and celebrities.

She has collaborated with [[Harvard]] otolaryngologist "ENT" Dr. Phillip Song and speech language pathologist Keiko Ishikawa of Harvard/[[Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary]] to learn about the medical implications of singing and speaking, vocal health, cutting edge vocal rehabilitation and the latest professional voice-related research studies. With the FitVoice Zoubareva appeared in the media, including [[Oprah Radio]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Eli-Holzman-on-Undercover-Boss-Plus-World-Voice-Day-Audio/srvc=home&position=also |title=World Voice Day on Oprah Radio |publisher=Oprah.com |date=April 19, 2011 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> [[ABC News]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/voice-disorders-affect-two-thirds-americans/story?id=13088995&page=1/srvc=home&position=also |title=Voice Disorders, ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=March 10, 2011 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Callie Crossley|The Callie Crossley Show]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wgbh.org/programs/-855/episodes/-15966/ |title=Callie Crossley Show |publisher=Wgbh.org |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> on [[WGBH (FM)]], ''All Things Considered'' on NPR/[[WBUR]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbur.org/2011/06/13/bruins-opera/ |title=Bruins Opera, WBUR |publisher=Wbur.org |date=June 13, 2011 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> [[The Boston Globe]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2011/06/14/cheers_for_the_bs/ |title=Cheers for the Bs, Boston Globe |work=Boston Globe |date=June 14, 2011 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> [[WHDH (TV)|7 WHDH]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/sports/bruins/12004570028231/opera-singer-teaches-b-s-fans-how-to-be-loud/ |title=WHDH 7 News |publisher=.whdh.com |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> ''[[The Boston Herald]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Conroy |first=Steve |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1345045&srvc=news&position=recent |title=Screaming Bruins Fans |work=Boston Herald |date=June 13, 2011 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view.bg?articleid=1250027 |title=Red Sox |work=Boston Herald |date=April 26, 2010 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> and ''[[The Boston Phoenix]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=MARIANNA FAYNSHTEYN|url=http://thephoenix.com/boston/recroom/101738-opera-singer-teaches-sox-fans-how-to-scream/ |title=Red Sox |publisher=Thephoenix.com |date=May 5, 2010 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref> The Boston Herald called Zoubareva "Boston's own voice expert"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view/20110314we_hear_elena_zoubareva_jason_butler_harner_and_more/srvc=home&position=also |title=Boston's Own Voice Expert |work=Boston Herald |date=March 14, 2011 |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref>

In September 2011, Elena was cast in the original ending of the Paramount Pictures blockbuster "[[World War Z]]", starring [[Brad Pitt]] and directed by [[Marc Forster]] ([[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]], [[Quantum of Solace]], [[Kite Runner]], [[Monster's Ball]]). Elena was flown to Budapest, Hungary, where the original ending was filmed. She played a mysterious opera singer who sang an aria during a crucial final battle scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elenazoubareva.com/live/ |title=Elena Zoubareva}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Zoubareva was married to Stanton Generalovich, a Serbian American and a fellow [[Eastern Orthodox]]. The couple divorced in 2009.

==Discography==

*''La Tempesta Di Mare'' (2005)
*''Allure'' (2009)

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.elenazoubareva.com/live/}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Russian sopranos]]
[[Category:Moscow State University alumni]]
[[Category:Russian emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:Opera crossover singers]]
[[Category:Berklee College of Music alumni]]
[[Category:People from Almaty]]
[[Category:Singers from Moscow]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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