Olena Skitsko

2015-2021 — National Music Academy of Ukraine named after P.Chaikovsky, vocal department. Teacher – G. Kabka. Education level – master degree, with honor.

Contests/masterclasses:

2024 – Yurmala, Latvia, 42-nd International Hans Gabor, Belvedere singing competition (semi-final);

2023 – Lviv, The Vasyl Slipak Young Vocalist Competition, 2-nd prize and Special Award of Kushpler family for best performance of Kushpler composition;

2021 – Odesa, II International Distance Competition “Odesa Musik Olymp” (1-st prize);

2020 – Kyiv, participation in master-class with Vittorio Grigolo (tenor);

2019 – Stuttgart, Germany, “Opern Schul Treffen” – participation in master-classes with Doris Soffel (mezzo- soprano);

2017 – Kyiv, 5th International Contest “Pearls of Art”, (1-st prize);

2017 – Kyiv, 21th International Art and Education Competition 21st Century, (1-st prize);

2017 – Dnipro, 11th All-Ukrainian competition of vocal art named after B. Hmyrya, (2-nd Prize and Special Award of People’s Artist of Ukraine Nonna Surzhyna (mezzo-soprano).

2022 – Now – lead singer in National Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre named after S. Krushelnytska;

August 2022 – debut in National Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre named after S. Krushelnytska (part of Nastya, “Stolen happiness” by Y. Meitus);

March, 2021- debut in National Opera of Ukraine named after T.Shevchenko, Kyiv (part of Olha, “Evgeniy Onegin”, P .Chaikovsky);

2017-2021 – participation in performances with leading parts at the stage of Opera Studio of National Music Academy.

Leading parts

Nastya – “Stolen happiness”, Y. Meitus Carmen – “Carmen”, G. Bizet

Suzuki – “Madame Butterfly”, G. Puccini Shepherd – “Tosca”, G. Puccini

Mrs. Nolan -”The Medium”, G.Menotti

Old woman – “Terrible revenge”, Y.Stankovych Maddalena and Giovanna – “Rigoletto”, G.Verdi Fenena – “Nabucco”, G.Verdi

Flora Bervoix – “La Traviata”, G. Verdi

Orphey – “Orphey”, K. Gluck

Madame de Croissy, abbess – “Dialogues of the Carmelites”, F.Pulenko