Irina Letskaya

PROFILE
Soprano based in Vienna, Austria. Graduate of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She also holds a diploma in Choral
Conducting from the Academic Musical College at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She began performing at an early age in
the Children's Opera Studio of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, where she spent ten
years appearing in stage productions. Her professional engagements include opera productions and concert performances in Austria,
the Czech Republic, Italy, Russia and San Marino. She is currently based in Vienna and is active as an opera and concert performer.

OPERA ROLES
Micaëla — Carmen (G. Bizet)
North Bohemian Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Ústí nad Labem
Tatyana — Eugene Onegin (P. Tchaikovsky)
Marfa — The Tsar’s Bride (N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Opera Theatre of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
Adjutant to Marshal Murat — War and Peace (S. Prokofiev)
Anti-Aircraft Gunner — The Dawns Here Are Quiet (K. Molchanov)
State Academic Symphony Capella of Russia (Valery Polyansky)
Performances at the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, Moscow

SELECTED CONCERT ENGAGEMENTS
Vienna International Centre (Vienna, Austria)
Pieve di San Martino all’Oppio (Premilcuore, Italy)
Basilica di Santo Spirito (Arezzo, Italy)
Concert at the book launch of Ronald Ferdinand Schwarzer’s Durch Habsburg Lande (Vienna, Austria)
Concert «Hommage à Maria Callas» (Vienna, Austria)
Sala Terrena Ferdinandihof (Vienna, Austria)
Teatro Titano (San Marino, Italy)
Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Antonín Dvořák International Vocal Center (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic)
Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (Moscow, Russia)

EDUCATION
2019–2022 — Private vocal studies with Magdaléna Hajóssyová, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU), Czech Republic
2017–2018 — Scuola di musica di Fiesole, Italy (Silvia Vajente)
2014–2016 — Advanced Training Program, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory (Bela Rudenko)
2009–2014 — Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Russia — Opera Singing (Bela Rudenko)
2004–2008 — Academic Musical College at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Russia — Choral Conducting
MASTER CLASSES AND COACHING
Singers: Eva Randová, Wilma Vernocchi, Paolo Di Napoli, Donatella Debolini, Michael Paul, Antonio Carangelo
Conductors: Giorgio Croci, František Drs, Jiří Štrunc, Richard Hein, Enrico Dovico, Alessio Vlad
Coaches: Marco Borroni, Liisa Pimiä
Directors: Martin Otava

SELECTED REPERTOIRE
Micaëla — Carmen — G. Bizet
Liù — Turandot — G. Puccini
Mimì — La Bohème — G. Puccini
Tatiana — Eugene Onegin — P. Tchaikovsky
Lisa — The Queen of Spades — P. Tchaikovsky
Rusalka — Rusalka — A. Dvořák (in preparation)
Marfa — The Tsar’s Bride — N. Rimsky-Korsakov