Praised for her “sonorous, colorful” and “crystalline” voice, soprano Julia Muzychenko is a rising star on the world opera and concert stages.

In the 2024-2025 season, she returns to the role of Violetta in La traviata in her debut with Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and also she returns to the role of Violetta with Avignon Grand Opera, Opéra national du Rhin and Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santodomingo in Bogotá, Colombia, she sings Gilda in Rigoletto with Ludic Tezier and Luca Salsi in her debut with Tiroler Festspiele Erl and sings Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi with Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. On concert stage, Ms Muzychenko appears with pianist Helmut Deutsch at Konzerthaus Wien.

Last season, she sang Gilda in Rigoletto in her debut with Deutsche Oper Berlin, sang Musetta in a return to Opéra national de Montpellier, reprised Oxana in Rimksy-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve with Oper Frankfurt, and returned to the role of Violetta in La traviata with both Nuits Lyriques de Marmande and Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santodomingo in Bogotá, Columbia.

On the concert stage, Ms. Muzychenko appeared with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, the Belgian National Orchestra, joined her husband baritone Tobias Greenhalgh in concert at Konzerthaus Berlin, and made a concert tour of Korea. In the 2022-2023 season, she made her debut as the Swan Princess in The Tale of Tsar Saltan with Opéra national du Rhin, sang Violetta in La traviata with Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Oxana in Christmas Eve with Oper Frankfurt, Amina in La sonnambula with Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand, and Norina in Don Pasquale with Teatro Zandonai.

Ms. Muzychenko’s other recent performances include: Gilda in Rigoletto and Nanetta in Falstaff (Opéra national de Montpellier); the title role in Lakme (Marmande Festival); Oksana in Christmas Eve (Oper Frankfurt), which was recorded and distributed on DVD by Naxos, and was awarded Production of the Year by the International Opera Awards; Amina in La sonnambula (Opera Vichy, Opera Limoges, Clermont Ferrand Opera, Opera d’Avignon, Opera-Theatre de Metz Metropole, and Opera de Reims); Violetta in La Traviata (Verdi Festival in Bussetto, Teatro Comunale Bolzano, and Opera de Tenerife); Norina in Don Pasquale (Opera national de Montepellier); and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus (Hermitage Theater Saint Petersburg). As a member of the Junges Ensemble at Dresden Semperoper, her roles included Musetta La bohème, Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Sandmännchen/ Taumännchen in Hänsel und Gretel, and Papagena in Die Zauberflöte.

On the concert stage, she recently joined the Prague Orchestra at the Cartagena Festival in Colombia, a concert with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker at the Heidenheim Festival, and a gala concert celebrating Eva Marton’s birthday at the National Hungarian Opera. She sang a solo recital at Shostakovich Hall in Saint Petersburg, and was a featured soloist on the Advent Konzert in Dresden’s Frauenkirche (which was televised on ZDF). Ms. Muzychenko was also selected to be a soloist at the famed Semper Opernball 2020.

Ms. Muzychenko is the recent 3rd Place Winner of The Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, 5th Prize Winner of Tenor Viñas Competition in Barcelona, Grand Prize Winner of the Clermont Ferrand International Opera Competition, 2nd Prize Winner of the Monserrat Caballe Competition, 2nd Prize Salici d’Oro in Vienna, 2nd Prize Winner of the Marmande Opera Competition, and the 2nd Prize Winner and a Role Prize Winner from the International Virgilijus Noreika Competition for Singers in Lithuania. She also a award recipient from the ‘Meistersinger von Nürnberg’ Competition (1st place and audience prize), 55’Concorso Internazionale Voci Verdiane città di Bussetto (prize winer), International Competition ‘Opera de Tenerife’ (1st place and audience prize), Crescendo International Music Competition in Carnegie Hall (1st place), Sergei Rachmaninov International Vocal Competition (1st place), Zinka Milanov Competition (2nd place and audience prize), Eva Marton Competition (3rd place), Competizione dell’Opera (3rd place and audience prize), Prize Winer 70’Concorso ASLIKO per Giovani cantanti Lirici D’EUROPA.

Ms. Muzychenko was a member of the Bolshoi Theater’s Young Artist Program, and Houston Grand Opera’s Vocal Academy. She earned her Masters Degree in Vocal Performance from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and Berlin Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler.

December 2024