Julia Lezhneva (Russian: Юлия Михайловна Лежнева) (born December 5, 1989) is a Russian soprano and coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer. She has studied with Elena Obraztsova, Dennis O'Neill and Yvonne Kenny. Official website (French): http://julialezhneva.com/ Julia Lezhneva was born on December 5, 1989 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Sakhalin island), Russia, into a family of geophysicists. In 2004 Lezhneva graduated with distinction from the Gretchaninov Music School in Moscow. Read more on Last.fm