Liudmyla Monastyrska Biography

Liudmyla Monastyrska Biography
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Liudmyla Monastyrska
Ukrainian Liudmyla Monastyrska’s rich, dramatic soprano has caught the attention of press and audiences
alike since 1996, when she made her stage debut as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in Kiev. A
modern artist with a classic sensibility regarding the art of singing, Ms. Monastyrska is acclaimed for her
lush, powerful, compelling performances and superb technical command. Her relationships with
European, American and Asian opera houses have continued to expand following her highly acclaimed
2010 debut with Deutsche Oper Berlin in the title role of Puccini’s Tosca.
Following 2016 summer engagements that included a private event at the Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome
where she sang Act III of Tosca in June and her debut in the title role in the Opera National de Paris’ July
production of Aida, Ms. Monastyrska’s upcoming announced appearances in the 2016-17 season include
performances with major opera houses in Paris, New York, Berlin and Munich. She returns to the Opéra
National de Paris to sing Tosca, and to the Metropolitan Opera for two back-to-back productions - singing
the title role in Aida with Marco Armiliato, and singing the role of Abigaille in Nabucco with James
Levine conducting and Mr. Domingo singing the title role. She also makes her company debut with the
Bayerische Staatsoper singing Abigaille in Nabucco, and joins the Deutsche Oper Berlin for three
productions: Tosca, Abigaille in Nabucco, and her role debut as Elisabetta in Don Carlo.
Ms. Monastyrska’s 2015-16 season began and ended with the role of Abigaille in Nabucco - with the
Deutsche Oper Berlin in summer 2015 and with Placido Domingo at London’s Royal Opera House in
June 2016. She sang the role of Lady Macbeth on a tour of Verdi’s Macbeth through Japan with the Royal
Opera House led by conductor Sir Antonio Pappano in summer 2015, followed by her championing the
title role of Puccini’s Tosca in both Houston Grand Opera’s and the Metropolitan Opera’s fall productions
under Patrick Summers and Joseph Colaneri respectively. Winter/spring 2016 appearances included a
return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana with conductor
Fabio Luisi, and her debut with the Vienna State Opera singing the title role in Verdi’s Aida under
conductor Simone Young.
Among Ms. Monastyrska’s performance credits are Verdi’s Macbeth with Maestro Pappano and Nabucco
with Nicolà Luisiotti at London’s Royal Opera House (both new productions), and Nabucco, Cavalleria
Rusticana and Aida at La Scala. Aida has also served as her introduction to the Metropolitan Opera,
Houston Grand Opera, Vienna State Opera, as well as the Hollywood Bowl, where she sang Aida in
concert under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. With the Deutsche Oper Berlin, she has appeared in
productions of Puccini’s Tosca, Verdi’s Macbeth and Nabucco, as well as a concert version of Attila. Ms.
Monastyrska has sung Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at Rome’s Accademia di Santa Cecilia as well as with
The Cleveland Orchestra, and has also sung Verdi’s La Forza del Destino with Zubin Mehta at Valencia’s
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia. She appeared in Macbeth with the Staatsoper Berlin, sharing the stage with
Placido Domingo, and made her Italian debut with Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, Italy. In 2015, she
made her debut at the Salzburg Easter Festival conducted by Christian Thielemann, singing the role of
Santuzza in a new production of Cavalleria Rusticana with Jonas Kaufmann, as well as the Verdi
Requiem.
Ms. Monastyrska can be seen/heard on DVDs of Macbeth and Nabucco – both from the Royal Opera
(Opus Arte), and in Sony Classics DVD of Cavalleria Rusticana from the 2015 Salzburg Easter Festival
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Liudmyla Monastyrska Biography
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with the Staatskapelle Dresden.
Born in Kiev, Liudmyla Monastyrska was a principal soloist with the Ukraine National Opera for several
years before expanding her international career. Ms. Monastyrska and her family make their home in
Kiev.
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