Golovneva was born in
Pskov. She studied in
Saint Petersburg and at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with
Robert Holl in the class for
Lied and oratorio, graduating with distinction. She was a recipient of the N. Rimskyj-Korsakow competition and the
International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch. She made her debut as a member of the ensemble of the
Vienna State Opera, as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's
Die Zauberflöte. She appeared as Tatjana in Tchaikovsky's
Eugene Onegin in Hamburg, the
Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, in Cologne and Wiesbaden. She has been a regular singer of the
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where she appeared as Mozart's Donna Anna in
Don Giovanni, Donizetti's
Maria Stuarda, and in Verdi roles: Gilda in
Rigoletto, Elisabetta in
Don Carlos,
Luisa Miller and
La traviata. She has appeared regularly at the
Cologne Opera, where she performed as Natascha in Prokofiev's
War and Peace (opera), Donizetti's
Anna Bolena and
Lucia di Lammermoor, Tatjana and Vitellia in Mozart's
La clemenza di Tito. She made her debut at the Oper
Malmö Opera as Luisa Miller, and her debut at the
Opéra de Marseille as Amelia in Simon Boccanegra. She appeared at the
Oper Frankfurt as Mimi in Puccini's
La bohème, Rusalka and Elisabetta and Desdemona in Verdi's
Otelloalongside
Roberto Saccà. She first appeared as Puccini's
Turandot at the 2024
Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, conducted by
Yoel Gamzou and with stage direction and scenic design by
Daniela Kerck. She performed as Janace's
Káťa Kabanová at the
Staatsoper Hamburg, and as Valentine in Meyerbeer's
Les Huguenots alongside
Juan Diego Flórez. She portrayed the three leading soprano roles in Puccini's
Il trittico there. She was the soprano in a ballet version of Verdi's
Requiem by at the
Deutsche Oper Berlin. She performed as Dvořák`'s
Rusalka at both the
Teatro Real in Madrid and the
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. She made her debut as a director with the same opera in Wiesbaden. In concert, Golovneva sang Rachmaninov's
The Bells at the
Konzerthaus Dortmund, Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony in Lausanne, and
Dvořáks Te Deum in Utrecht and Amsterdam. Golovneva was chosen as best singer of the year for portraying Anna Bolena and Luisa Miller. Her interpretation of Rusalka at the
Cologne Opera was nominated for the
Faust award. She recorded Tchaikovsky's
Iolanta conducted by
Dmitri Kitayenko, and
Luisa Miller and
La bohème as a DVD. == References ==