Olga Bezsmertna

Since her spectacular role debuts as Rusalka alongside Piotr Beczała and Rachel in Halévy’s La Juive opposite Neil Shicoff‘s legendary Éléazar at the Vienna State Opera in 2014/15, the “magnificent voice” (Die Presse) Olga Bezsmertna has established herself as one of today’s leading lyric sopranos.

Last  season, she sings Freia in Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Ortlinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre and Gutrune in Wagner’s Götterdämmerung at Teatro alla Scala, Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in Bucharest, and Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with the Vienna State Opera on tour in Japan.

Upcoming engagements include Mařenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride and Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Vienna State Opera.

Recent engagements include Rusalka in Dvořák’s Rusalka, Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Sifare in Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto and Ariadne in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos at Teatro alla Scala, where she made her debut in 2022 as Diana in Cavalli’s La Calisto. Her portrayal of Rusalka in Emma Dante’s new production earned her the prestigious Premio Abbiati in 2024. She also sang Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust at the Sigulda Opera Festival, The Duchess of Parma in Busoni’s Doktor Faust at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at the Semperoper Dresden and Oper Zürich, and Ghita in Zemlinsky’s Der Zwerg at the George Enescu Festival and Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Olga Bezsmertna made her Salzburg Festival debut in 2015 as Marzelline in Beethoven’s Fidelio, directed by Claus Guth and conducted by Franz Welser-Möst, alongside Jonas Kaufmann and Adrianne Pieczonka. She later returned to the Festival for Strauss’ Die Liebe der Danae.

After graduating from the Kyiv National Academy of Music in 2010 and winning the Neue Stimmen Competition in 2011, Olga Bezsmertna joined the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera, where she has since sung many of her signature roles, including Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Liù in Puccini’s Turandot, Mimì in Puccini’s La Bohème, Mélisande in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello, Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Rosalinde in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus and Alice Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff.

She regularly collaborates with conductors including Christian Thielemann, Adam Fischer, Alain Altinoglu, James Conlon, Franz Welser-Möst and Riccardo Chailly, and with stage directors such as Emma Dante, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Marco Arturo Marelli and Claus Guth.