Soprano
Of a 2003 performance of La bohème in Salzburg, Salzburger Kultur reported “This Mimi Wakes You Up!....Olga Mykytenko gives a grand, vocally extraordinary, well acted Mimi. Fantastic!”
Ukrainian soprano Olga Mykytenko made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi in 2007. In the 2010-2011 season she debuts Barcelona as Nedda in I Pagliacci, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta in Vienna and returns to Frankfurt for I Masnadieri. In the 2007-2008 season she was Gilda in Stockholm Royal Opera, Violetta in La Traviata in Hamburg, Nedda in Berlin, Liu at the Greek National Opera in Athens, and Micaela at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. In the 2008 -2009 season she was Mimi in La bohème, Violetta in Hamburg, Liu in Essen, Amalia in I Masnadieri at Frankfurt Opera, and Marie in Fille de Reggiment in Hamburg. In the 2009-2010 season she was heard as Mimi in Toulouse, Liu in Turandot and Leila in Pearl Fishers in Essen, Nedda in I Pagliacci in Santiago and Violetta in Koeln.
Having started her career as a member of the National Opera of the Ukraine in Kiev, where she made her debut in 1995. Miss Mykytenko’s international career began in 2001. From that time she has performed in many of the Europe’s prestigeous opera houses, including Vienna’s Theatre an der Wien in the title role of Iolanta by Tchaikovsky, Violetta in La traviata in at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, and the Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos in Lisbon, the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Marinskiy Theatre in St. Petersburg, Musetta in the Franco Zeffirelli production of La bohème in Rome, and Mimi in La bohème at the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg. Miss Mykytenko has also been heard as Gilda at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège and at the Hamburg Staatsoper, Nedda in I pagliacci and Liu in Turandot at the Savonlinna Festival, Liu and Violetta with the Welsh National Opera, Liu and Mimi at the Berlin Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Mimi in Oslo, and Violetta in Hong Kong Opera.
She has won several international prizes, including the Grand Prix Maria Callas International in Athens, 2nd Prize at the Francisco Viñas Competition in Barcelona, and 1st Prize at the Queen Sonja International Song Competition in Oslo.
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