Larissa Krokhina, born in Kurgan in Russia, studied singing at the Music Academy in Moscow from 1994 to 2000. A DAAD scholarship enabled her to continue her studies at the State University of Music and the Institute for Musical Theater in Karlsruhe. From 2001 to 2003 she was a member and scholarship holder of the International Opera Studio at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. She also took part in master classes with Mirella Freni, among others. The soprano's first engagements took her to Colmar, Dortmund, Bremen, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kassel and Japan. From 2005 to 2008 she was an ensemble member at the Heidelberg Theater and Philharmonic Orchestra. There she celebrated, among others, Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni", Cio-Cio-San in "Madama Butterfly", Countess in "The Marriage of Figaro", Mimi in "La Bohème", Tatjana in "Eugene Onegin" and Vitellia in " "La clemenza di Tito" successes. She also sang the main roles in the highly acclaimed German premieres of John Adams' "A flowering Tree" and Daniel Catan's "Florencia en el Amazonas".

Larissa Krokhina made guest appearances in Singapore in 2009 under the direction of Kent Nagano, in 2013 as Desdemona in "Otello" at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater and in 2014 as Margarethe in "Faust" by Gounod at the Berlin State Opera.

The soprano has been a permanent member of the DNT Weimar since the 2008/09 season. Her previous roles here include Mathilde in "William Tell", Liù in "Turandot", Pamina in "The Magic Flute", Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni", Tatjana in "Eugene Onegin", Countess in "The Marriage of Figaro", Hanna Glawari in the "Merry Widow", Margarethe in "Faust" by Gounod, Violetta in "La Traviata", Arabella, Cio-Cio-San in "Madama Butterfly", Field Marshal in "Der Rosenkavalier", Elsa in "Lohengrin", the Singer Anita in "Jonny plays on", Rosalinde in "Die Fledermaus" and Agathe in "Freischütz".