Olga Bezsmertna
Since her spectacular role debuts as Rusalka next to Piotr Beczala and as Rachel in La Juive next to Neil Shicoff’s legendary Eleazar at the Vienna State Opera in 2014/15, the “magnificent voice” (Die Presse) Olga Bezsmertna has established herself as one of today’s most impressive young singers.
Next season, she sings a.o. Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in world tour ( New York, Washington, Paris, London, Warsaw…) with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, Freia / Rheingold and Ortlinde / Walküre at Teatro alla Scala, Sifare / Mitridate Re di Ponto with Christophe Rousset at Paris Théâtre des Champs-Eysées and Teatro alla Scala, Strauss’ Vier letzte Lieder in Prague.
Over the last seasons, Olga Bezsmertna became a favourite at La Scala where she made her debut as Diana in Cavalli’s La Calisto in 2022. Since then, she has been reinvited in Milano for Ariadne auf Naxos, the title role in Emma Dante’s new production of Rusalka for which she won the Abbiati Prize in 2024, Contessa / Nozze di Figaro. She also sang Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at the Sigulda Opera Festival in Latvia, the Duchess of Parma / Doktor Faust at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Contessa / Le Nozze di Figaro at the Semperoper Dresden, Ghita / Der Zwerg at the George Enescu Festival in Budapest.
Many planned engagements in 2020/21 fell victim to the Covid-pandemic cancellations : Tatjana / Eugen Onegin at Liceu in Barcelona, Jenufa in Roma and Alice Ford / Falstaff in Munich.
In 2015 Olga Bezsmertna made her Salzburg Festival debut as Marzelline in a new production of Fidelio (directed by Claus Guth and conducted by Franz Welser-Möst) alongside Jonas Kaufmann and Adrianne Pieczonka. She also appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Strauss’ Die Liebe der Danae.
After graduating from the Kiev National Academy of Music in 2010 and her brilliant victory in the Bertelsmann Foundation’s “Neue Stimmen” competition in 2011, Olga Bezsmertna became an ensemble member at the Vienna State Opera, where she has since sung numerous important roles, including Contessa /Le Nozze di Figaro, Fiordiligi / Cosí fan tutte, Donna Elvira /Don Giovanni, Pamina / Die Zauberflöte, Liù / Turandot , Mimí / La Bohème, Mélisande / Pelléas et Mélisande, Tatjana / Eugen Onegin, Rosalinde / Die Fledermaus, Desdemona / Otello and Alice Ford / Falstaff.
She regularly works with renowned conductors such as Adam Fischer, Alain Altinoglu, James Conlon or Christian Thielemann and stage directors such as Marco Arturo Marelli, Sven-Eric Bechtholf or Adrian Noble.
