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| Born | (1975-05-25)May 25, 1975 (age 50) |
| Alma mater | R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music •Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music |
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Liudmyla Viktorivna Monastyrska (Ukrainian:Людмила Вікторівна Монастирська) is aUkrainianspinto soprano.[2]
Born inIrkliiv,Cherkasy Oblast, she studied at theR. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music andKyiv Conservatory.[3]
Monastyrska made her debut with theUkraine National Opera as Tatiana in Tchaikovsky'sEugene Onegin in 1996 and became a principal soloist with the company in 1998. There, and at theMikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, she sang the title roles of Verdi'sAida and Ponchielli'sLa Gioconda, as well as Amelia in Verdi'sUn ballo in maschera, Lisa in Tchaikovsky'sThe Queen of Spades, Nedda in Leoncavallo'sPagliacci, and Santuzza in Mascagni'sCavalleria rusticana.[3]
In 2010 she appeared successfully on short notice in the title role of Puccini'sTosca at theDeutsche Oper Berlin, which led to her Italian debut at theFestival Puccini in Torre del Lago, Italy, under the conductorAlberto Veronesi.[3] In February 2012 she appeared as Aida atLa Scala, Milan.[4]
In 2011, she appeared atCovent Garden, where she successfully stepped in for Micaela Carosi as Aida early in the season, withFabio Luisi as the conductor.[5][6] She was also engaged to sing Lady Macbeth in Verdi'sMacbeth,[3] withSimon Keenlyside in the title role andAntonio Pappano as the conductor.Rupert Christiansen ofThe Telegraph remarked that "she lacked nothing in volume or stamina, articulating the coloratura cleanly and pitching steadily ... if only one could have detected which language she was singing in."[7] A video recording of theMacbeth production has been issued on DVD. In his review of the DVD, William Braun ofOpera News wrote: "Liudmyla Monastyrska's Lady Macbeth is unusually well sung. The role in the 1865 version is a nasty vocal hybrid, but she does beautifully with the later style, sounding quite suitably apprehensive at the start of 'La luce langue,' as the plot spins. Elsewhere, in the earlier style, and almost alone among sopranos, she observes the staccato markings in 'Or tutti sorgete' and has thought about why Verdi might have written them. (She makes them into a cackle of incipient delight.) The sleepwalking scene is admirable, with the final high D-flat wonderfully colored, as if she had glimpsed the abyss."[8]
She first appeared in New York at the 11 November 2012 annual concert of theRichard Tucker Music Foundation, where her "go-for-broke" performance of Lady Macbeth's "Vieni, t'affretta" received "a big ovation".[9] She made her debut at theMetropolitan Opera on 23 November 2012 as Aida (again under conductor Fabio Luisi), to critical and audience acclaim. The critic ofThe New York Times, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, wrote: "For Liudmyla Monastyrska, who brought her voluptuous soprano to the title role, it was a triumphant house debut. ... [She] comes to the Met a fully mature artist. She is gifted with a luscious round soprano that maintains its glow even in the softest notes. Her 'O patria mia' was beautifully drawn and colored with darker inflections that added dramatic intensity. A passage in which Ms. Monastyrska’s lines were perfectly shadowed by the cellos, even as they were elastically shaped, spoke volumes about the trust and communication between Mr. Luisi and his singers."[10][11] David Salazar in theLatinos Post, wrote about her performance of the aria: "As she rose toward the high C near the end of the aria, she built a lengthy crescendo, but then delivered the C as a disembodied pianissimo that made the moment sublime."[12]
On 30 April 2022, she replaced the RussiandivaAnna Netrebko in the title role ofTurandot after Netrebko was dropped by theMetropolitan Opera for her ambiguous stance towardVladimir Putin and the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]After her performance, Monastyrska wrapped herself in a Ukrainian flag at her curtain call.[14][15][16][17]
In 2013, she sang Abigaille in the Royal Opera's production of Verdi'sNabucco oppositeLeo Nucci andPlácido Domingo who alternated as Nabucco.[18] This production was broadcast in cinemas worldwide.[19]
Monastyrska is married to Oleksandr Monastyrsky, a tenor soloist with the Municipal Opera for Children and Youth in Kyiv. They have two children.[5]
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