• Honored Artist of Ukraine
• Prize-winner at the Mykola Lysenko
International Musical Competition (Ukraine, 1997, 1st prize,
Grand-Prix)
A native of Kiev, Liudmyla Monastyrska made her stage debut
at the Ukraine National Opera in Kiev as Tatiana
in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in 1996. Having graduated from
the Kiev Tchaikovsky Music Academy she became principal soloist
of the Ukraine National Opera two years later. She has since appeared
in leading dramatic soprano roles such as Aпda, Amelia, Gioconda,
Lisa, Nedda and Santuzza at the Ukraine National Opera
and the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
In 2010 Ms. Monastyrska made a highly acclaimed last-minute debut
at Deutsche Oper Berlin as Tosca – a role that immediately
led to her much-heralded Italian debut at the Puccini Festival
in Torre del Lago under the baton of Alberto Veronesi.
Having made a sensational debut as Lady Macbeth
at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2011,
Ms. Monastyrska returns there in the 2012-2013 season as Verdi’s
Abigaille opposite the Nabucco of Plбcido Domingo, under
the baton of Nicola Luisotti – in a new production
by Daniele Abbado in which she also appears at La Scala.
The Ukrainian soprano makes her Metropolitan Opera debut
in Aida, conducted by Fabio Luisi, in a production that
will also be seen live in high definition in cinemas around
the world. She also appears as Odabella in Verdi’s
Attila at both Teatro Municipal de Santiago and Deutsche
Oper Berlin, and sings Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera
with Antonio Pappano and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.