Oksana Dyka
Oksana Dyka Оксана Дика | |
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| Born | 16 June 1978 Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR |
| Genres | Verismo, Bel canto, Romantic, Opera |
| Occupation | Opera singer (soprano) |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Oksana Dyka (Ukrainian: Оксана Дика [okˈsɑnɐ ˈdɪkɐ]; born 16 June 1978, in Zhytomyr), also rendered as Dika, is a Ukrainian operatic soprano.
Career
[edit]Dyka graduated in 2004 at the Kyiv Conservatory and sang as a soloist at the Kyiv Opera from 2003 until 2007.
She won the 2003 Marseilles International Opera Competition which led to her performance as Tosca at the Opéra national de Montpellier in 2005, a role which she sang again that year at the Estonian National Opera opposite Sergei Leiferkus as Scarpia, at the Dalhalla Opera Festival in Sweden; in 2008 she sang that role at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, directed by Franco Zeffirelli and at the Arena di Verona.
Other operatic roles sung by Dyka include Desdemona in Otello at the Estonian National Opera (2005), Elisabetta in Don Carlo at the Teatro Regio in Turin (2006), and Leonora in Il trovatore at the Circuito Lirico Lombardo. She sang the title role in Madama Butterfly at Opera Queensland opposite Jerry Hadley as Pinkerton (2007),[1] the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Graz Opera, at the Valencia Opera, Spain, with Lorin Maazel conducting,[2] and in 2010 at the Arena di Verona.[3] Further roles include Marguerite in Faust, Nedda in Pagliacci, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Maria in Mazeppa, Abigaille in Nabucco, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra in a concert performance at the Estonian National Opera (2008), the Prima Donna/Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Genoa Opera, and Georgetta in Il tabarro at Opera Frankfurt (2009). In 2010, Dyka sang Violetta in La traviata at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center.
On the concert stage, Dyka sang with I Musici de Montréal the Symphony No. 14 by Shostakovich in Montreal in 2004. This was such a successful performance that she sang the work again with the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto in Italy in 2007 and with the Odense Symphony Orchestra in Denmark in the same year. She also sang From Jewish Folk Poetry by Shostakovich. Dyka sang Verdi's Requiem with the Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra (June 2007) and a scenic version at the Tampere Opera in Finland (2008). Dyka sang this work again in 2011, performed by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.[4] Other concert performances include Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (January 2007, Auditorium di Milano) and Britten's War Requiem (2004, Kyiv). In January 2005 she sang at the inauguration concert for president Viktor Yushchenko.[5]
Dyka's debut role at New York's Metropolitan Opera was in 2014 as Yaroslavna from Borodin's Prince Igor.[6] She shared the title role of Aida with Liudmyla Monastyrska and Tamara Wilson the season after at the same house.[7][8][9]
In October 2017, she performed the title role in Zeffirelli's production of Turandot opposite Aleksandrs Antoņenko as Calàf conducted by Carlo Rizzi at the Metropolitan Opera. She was praised for her icy character, penetrating, steady high notes, and the intimidating rendition of the Act II aria "In questa reggia" but also received reviews pointing out the slight weakness in conveying the character swift to vulnerability.[10][11][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ Henningham, John (19 May 2007). "Madama Butterfly". stagediary.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Maazel y Dika triunfan en una versión conceptual de Madame Butterfly" [Maazel and Dika triumph in a conceptual version of "Madame Butterfly"]. Público (in Spanish). Agencia EFE. 10 December 2009.
- ^ "Arena di Verona 2010: Tutto Zeffirelli". laopera.net (in Spanish). 11 June 2010.
El rol de gheisha en Madama Butterfly correrá a cargo de las sopranos Hui He, Svetlana Vassileva y Oksana Dyka, con Antonio Pirolli a la batuta.
- ^ "The Great Vocal Series (2010/11): Vocal No. 8, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
- ^ Оксана Дика at Kyiv Festival (in Ukrainian)
- ^ Prince Igor, performance details at the Metropolitan Opera
- ^ 2014–15 Online Brochure, p. 18, The Metropolitan Opera
- ^ "Aida - MET (2014-2015)". Opera Online. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Plotkin, Fred (17 April 2015). "A Makeover For 'Aïda?' Revisiting a Met Repertory Staple". WQXR-FM.
- ^ Simpson, Eric C (13 October 2017). "After a slow start, bracing vocalism carries Met's sumptuous "Turandot"". New York Classical Review.
- ^ Hampton, Wilborn (18 October 2017). "Met Opera: A Stirring "Turandot" With Dyka, Antonenko, and an Homage to James Morris". HuffPost.
- ^ Imamura, Ako (19 October 2017). "Dyka and Antonenko shine in an extravagant Turandot at the Met". Bachtrack.
- ^ Jorden, James (16 October 2017). "Met Needs to Update Shady Sexual Politics of 'Turandot' Staging". Observer.
External links
[edit]- Oksana Dyka at IMDb
- Oksana Dyka at GM Art & Music
- Oksana Dyka at IMG Artists archived on 6 October 2016
- Oksana Dyka at Mariinsky Theatre
- Oksana Dyka at Los Angeles Opera
- Oksana Dyka at Paris Opera
- Оксана Дыка: «Опера — магическое искусство» (Oksana Dyka: "Opera – a magical art" by Sergey Elkin, OperaNews RU, 18 August 2013 (in Russian)
