Margarita Slepakova is an award-winning mezzo-soprano praised for the warmth of her voice, coloratura virtuosity and charismatic stage presence. She enjoys an international career as an opera, concert and recital soloist and is also the founder and curator of the ensemble Le Sommeil. Her artistic path began under the guidance of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, and she has since also collaborated with conductors including Philippe Pierlot, Dirk Vermeulen, Alessandro Moccia, Alessandro Tampieri, Bart Naessens, Andrea de Carlo, Dominik Mielko, Maciej Tworek, René Jacobs, Andrea Marcon, Giovanni Antonini.
She has appeared at venues including Carnegie Hall and Harris Theater Chicago, the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien, Tonhalle Zürich, KKL Luzern, Mozarteum Salzburg, Palau de la Música Catalana, the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw, the Lublin Philharmonic, Philharmonie de Paris, Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Isarphilharmonie Munich, Philharmonie Essen, Philharmonie Luxembourg and Müpa Budapest, as well as Zurich Opera House, Theater Basel, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, the Warsaw Chamber Opera and the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków.
Her operatic appearances have included Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Cecilio in Mozart’s Lucio Silla, Poppea in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Erissena in Handel’s Poro, Maria Maddalena in La Resurrezione, Lucinda in Stradella’s Moro per Amore and Ariel in Purcell’s The Tempest. She has performed with ensembles including the English Baroque Soloists, B’Rock, Ricercar Consort, Capella Cracoviensis, Arte dei Suonatori, Mare Nostrum, El Gran Teatro del Mundo, Barcelona Ars Nova, La Cetra and Freiburger Barockorchester.