Olesya Petrova was born in Saint Petersburg and graduated from the State Conservatory Rimski-Kórsakov in 2008 after taking classes with Irina Bogacheva.

Among her recent and future projects is Amneris at the ROH London, the MET and Arena di Verona, Jezibaba at the Opera of Wallonia, Ulrica and Azucena also at the MET, among others.

Her last projects include Princesse de Bouillon and Ulrica in the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Amneris in the Arena di Verona and in San Diego, Abadesa in Fire Angel and Amelfa in The golden cock by Rimski-Kórsakov in the Teatro Real de Madrid; Federica, Ulrica and Amneris at the MET, Ulrica at the Teatro de la Maestranza, Emilia in Otello by Verdi at the Liceu of Barcelona; The Missa Solemnis by Beethoven with the Orquesta de Cadaqués under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda; the Messa da Requiem by Verdi with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Tel Aviv under the direction of Zubin Mehta; again the role of Azucena in Il Trovatore and the 8th Symphony by Mahler under the direction of Fabio Luisi, as well as Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev with Daniele Gatti during the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; the Messa da Requiem of Verdi at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli in Salerno; Suzuki in Madama Butterfly by Puccini, the role of Ulrica in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Greek National Opera; the Messa da Requiem of Verdi at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, in Sydney, in the Théâtre des Chatelet and in Copenhagen under the direction of Fabio Luisi; the role of Federica in Luisa Miller by Verdi and Charlotte in Werther by Massenet in the Teatro Verdi in Trieste; Amneris in Aida at the Latvia National Opera House, in Riga; the Ninth Symphony by Beethoven in Sydney, and again the role of Amneris in Aida during the Sanxay Festival in France.