Antonina Vesenina is a Russian coloratura soprano who gained international recognition with her acclaimed interpretation of the Queen of the Night, a role that has taken her to leading European opera houses, including Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where she appeared regularly between 2014 and 2021, Komische Oper Berlin, Theater Dortmund and Oper Köln. At Deutsche Oper am Rhein, she also performed the Queen of Shemakha in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel. In 2018, she made her Bolshoi Theatre debut as Rosina in the premiere of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia under the baton of Pier Giorgio Morandi; she is a principal soprano of the Mariinsky Theatre, where she has performed leading roles since 2022, including in Lakmé, Die Fledermaus, Les Huguenots, Benvenuto Cellini, Don Pasquale, Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Die Entführung aus dem Serail and I Puritani.

Her current repertoire includes the title role in Manon, Elvira I Puritani, Marguerite de Valois Les Huguenots, Lakmé, Konstanze Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Donna Anna Don Giovanni, Norina Don Pasquale, Olympia Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia, the Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte, Gilda Rigoletto, Adele Die Fledermaus, Ilia Idomeneo, Teresa Benvenuto Cellini, the Snow Maiden The Snow Maiden, the Swan Princess The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and the Queen of Shemakha The Golden Cockerel.

Among her recent highlights are her debut in the title role of Manon at the Mariinsky Concert Hall, appearances as the Queen of the Night at the Diaghilev Festival, regular guest appearances at the Feodor Chaliapin International Opera Festival in Kazan, and performances of Glière's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra.

She graduated from the Voronezh State Academy of Arts before joining the St. Petersburg Chamber Opera, where she made her professional debut as Gilda Rigoletto. In 2011, she became a soloist of the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers and made her Mariinsky debut as the Queen of the Night Die Zauberflöte in 2014, followed by Rosina in the premiere of Il barbiere di Siviglia and the Queen of Shemakha The Golden Cockerel.

Antonina Vesenina is a laureate of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition, where she was awarded Fourth Prize in 2015, and the 51st International Singing Competition of Toulouse, where she received the Silver Medal and a special prize in 2016. She is also the Grand Prix winner of the International Young Opera Singers Competition Opera without Borders and a laureate of several other national and international vocal competitions.