About
The Russian soprano Julia Muzychenko was born in 1994 in St. Petersburg and, despite her young age, has already debuted as Brigitta in Tchaikovsky's "Iolanta" (2017, Theatre of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory) and as Frasquita in Bizet's "Carmen" (2015, Hermitage Theatre); Julia also appeared as Cinderella in the modern composition of "Cinderella" by V. Tarnopolsky (2015, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg). In Summer 2016, Ms. Muzychenko sang in the "Russian Music Seasons" concerts under the baton of A. Kantorov.
Julia is the recipient of many awards, including the 1st prize in Concorso Internazionale Voci Verdiane 2017 in Busseto, 1. Prize in the International 2nd Singing Competition Ópera de Tenerife 2017, Sergey Rachmaninov International Vocal Competition (1st Prize, 2016), the 5th B. Shtokolov International Vocal Competition (1st Prize, 2016), the Crescendo International Music Competition at Carnegie Hall in New York (1st Prize, 2013).
Her repertoire includes roles, such as Violetta in "La traviata", Musetta in "La bohème", Liu in "Turandot", Marfa in "The Tsar’s Bride", Swan Princess in "The tale of Tzar Saltan", Lauretta in "Gianni Schicchi", Susanna in "Le Nozze di Figaro", Euridice in "Orfeo ed Euridice", Gilda in "Rigoletto", Adina in "L’elisir d’amore", Amina in "La Sonnambula", Giulietta in "I Capuleti e i Montecchi", Oscar in "Un ballo in maschera", Zerlina in "Don Giovanni", Elvira in "I Puritani", Lucia in "Lucia Di Lammermoor", Ludmila in "Ruslan i Ludmila".
Upcoming highlights: Norina in Don Pasquale at Opéra National de Montpellier 2019