Praised for a voice “emboldened by projection, firmness, and extension - sailing effortlessly over tempestuous orchestras... the half-tones are rounded and full, the high notes never strained. She seems boundless,” soprano Ekaterina Sannikova continues to make her mark as a powerful dramatic presence on international stages.

The 2026–27 season further expands her growing list of major house debuts, with first appearances at the Opéra national de Paris as Aksinya Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, at Landestheater Salzburg as Tosca, and at Opéra de Rouen as Lady Macbeth Macbeth. She will also return to Teatro Regio di Torino as Fidelia Edgar. 

Recent highlights include her house debuts at Teatro alla Scala as Aksinya Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, and at Deutsche Oper Berlin in the title role of Francesca da Rimini, following her house and role debut at the Teatro Regio di Torino. She has performed Aida at both Oper Frankfurt and the Oper im Steinbruch Festival in St. Margarethen, Tosca at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Teatro Regio di Torino and the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, and Cio-Cio-san Madama Butterfly at Oper Leipzig. Further engagements include Tatyana Eugene Onegin at the Opernhaus Zürich, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, and the Komische Oper Berlin, Leonora Il trovatore at the Staatsoper Stuttgart and Korea National Opera, Liza The Queen of Spades at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Abigaille Nabucco at the Oper im Steinbruch Festival, and Nastassja Filippovna in Weinberg’s The Idiot at the Theater an der Wien.

A principal dramatic soprano of the Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Sannikova has performed signature roles including Mimì La bohème, Maddalena Andrea Chénier, Leonora Il trovatore, Chrysothemis Elektra, Sieglinde Die Walküre, Elettra Idomeneo, Iguamota Cristoforo Colombo, Joan The Maid of Orleans, and the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos.
Other significant performances include the title role and Olga in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Vera Sheloga/Maid of Pskov, Kupava The Snow Maiden, First Soprano in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, Nedda Pagliacci, and Clara in Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery. She has also appeared as Oksana Christmas Eve at the Winter Theatre Sochi, and Liza The Queen of Spades with Astrakhan Opera Theatre.