Biography

Victoria Loukianetz was born in the Ukrainian city of Kiev and started her musical education at the early age of five with piano lessons. She began to study voice at the age of 14 and went on to complete her degree in vocal performance at the Kiev Conservatory of Music in 1989. In the same year she began her professional career at the Kiev National Opera, making her debut as Marfa in Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tsar's Bride". She made her debut in the same role at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1993.

In 1990 she won first prize at the "Min-On" international singer competition in Tokyo and at the international "Mozart Competition" in Vienna. In 1991 she was awarded first prize at the international "Maria Callas - Competition" in Athens. Debuts in Italy, France, Portugal, Japan and Greece followed.

In 1993 she had her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Queen of the night in Mozart's "The magic flute" and became a favourite of Viennese audiences and has been a permanent member of the company until the year 2000. At the Vienna State Opera she sung Gilda (Rigoletto), Violetta (La Traviata), Oscar (Ballo in maschera), Adina (L'Elisir d'amore), Linda di Chamounix, Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvira (I Puritani), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Ophèlie (Hamlet), Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Musetta (La Bohème) and Berthe in a new production of Meyerbeer's "Le Prophète" with Placido Domingo and Agnes Baltsa.

Victoria Loukianetz is a regular guest at the main opera-houses and international festivals, such as: Metropolitan Opera New York (La Traviata), Scala di Milano (The magic flute, Lucia die Lammermoor), Covent Garden London (La Traviata, Rigoletto, Il Corsaro), Opéra Bastille Paris (La Traviata), Salzburg Festival (La Traviata, Don Giovanni), Tokyo (Licia di Lammermoor, La Traviata, L'Elisir d'amore, Ballo in maschera), Bayerische Staatsoper München (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Hamburgische Staatsoper (L'Elisir d'amore), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Médée, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Traviata), Aaltotheater Essen (Ariadne auf Naxos), Grand Théâtre de Genève (Rigoletto), New Israeli Opera (La Traviata), Triest (Ginevra di Scozia).and Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège (Don Pasquale, Rigoletto).

Most successful were her last appearences in the Mozart-Cantata under Mo. N. Harnoncourt in the Vienna Musikverein, as Rosaura in Wolf-Ferrari's "La vedova scaltra" in the Opera of Nice, as Bèrthe in Meyerbeer's "Le Prophète" and as Violetta in "La Traviata" in Buenos Aires.

Further commitments include Elettra in Mozart's "Idomeneo" at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Marie in Zimmermann's "Die Soldaten" at the New National Theatre Tokyo.

Victoria Loukianetz is documented on several CDs (Mozart's "C-Moll-Mass" and Haydns "Nelson Mass", Myslivecek's "Abramo ed Isacco", Russian Arias) and on DVD ("L'Elisir d'amore" in Tokyo).

1994
    Debut Teatro San Carlo Napoli "Un ballo in maschera"/Oscar (with L. Pavarotti)
    Opera Stuttgart "Rigoletto"/Gilda

1995/96
    Debut German Opera Berlin "Un ballo in maschera"/Oscar
    Debut State Opera Hamburg "LŽelisire d'amore"/Adina
      "Rigoletto"/Gilda
    Debut La Scala di Milano "The Magic Flute"/Queen of the Night (R. Muti)
    Debut Bregenz Festival "The Invisible Town Kitesch"/Sirin Bird (V.Fedossejev)(NP)
    Debut Salzburg Festival "La Traviata"/Violetta (R. Muti)
    Debut Royal Opera House Covent Garden "Il Corsaro"
    Salzburg Festival "Don Giovanni"/Donna Anna (D. Runnicles)
    Debut Metropolitan Opera New York "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Debut Grand Théâtre Genéve "Rigoletto"/Gilda
    Vienna State Opera "Il Puritani"/Elvira

1997/98
    Debut Opéra de la Bastille "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Royal Opera House Covent Garden "Rigoletto"/Gilda (NP)
    Vienna State Opera "Linda di Chamounix"/Linda

1998/99
    Tokyo "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Tokyo "Ballo in maschera"/Oscar
    Vienna State Opera "Le prophète"/Bèrthe (M Viotti)(NP)
    German Opera Berlin "Un ballo in maschera"/Oscar

1999/00
    Wiener Musikverein: Rossini "Stabat Mater" (F. Luisi)
    Opera Koln "La Traviata"/Violetta (Allemandi) (NP)
    Vienna State Opera "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Vienna State Opera "Rigoletto"/Gilda
    Vienna State Opera "Il barbiere di Sevilla"/Rosina
    Opera Munich "Il barbiere di Sevilla"/Rosina
    Cannes Solorecital

2000/01
    German Opera Berlin "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Opera Koln "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Royal Opera House Covent Garden "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Opera Bonn "Rigoletto"/Gilda
    Italia-Tournee "Lucia di Lammermoor"/Lucia
    St. Gallen "Rigoletto"/Gilda
    State Theater Mannheim "The magic flute"/Queen of the night
    Tokyo National Opera "Rigoletto"/Gilda
    Verona "Beethoven IX.Symphony"
    Theater an der Wien "Gala 200 Jahre Theater an der Wien"
    Teatro Communale di Trieste "Ginevra di Scozia" (NP)/Ginevra
    Debut Wiener Volksoper "La Traviata" (NP)/Violetta

2001/02
    Wiener Volksoper "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Debut New Israeli Opera/Tel Aviv "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Deutsche Oper Berlin "Lucia di Lammermoor"/Lucia
    Debut Aalto Musiktheater Essen "Ariadne auf Naxos" (NP)/Zerbinetta
    Oper Köln "Rigoletto"/Gilda
    Deutsche Oper Berlin "Medée" (NP)/Dircé

2002/03
    Staatstheater Stuttgart "Don Giovanni"/Donna Anna
    Philharmonie München Weihnachtskonzert mit José Carreras
    Opéra Royal de Wallonie "Rigoletto" (NP)/Gilda
    Teatro Principal de Mahón/Menorca "La Traviata" (NP)/Violetta
    Bösendorfer-Saal/Vienna Recital

2003/04
    Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern "Carmina Burana"

2004/05
    Opéra Royal de Wallonie "Don Giovanni"/Donna Anna
    Rom, Teatro Sistina "Carmina Burana"
    China, Beijing New Year Concerts with José Carerras
    Germany-Tour, Mo. Justus Franz "Beethoven 9.Symphonie"
    Oper Köln "Idomeneo" (NP)/Elettra
    Opéra de Toulon "Ariadne auf Naxos" (NP)/Zerbinetta
    May-Festival Wiesbaden "La Traviata" - Gala/Violetta
    Festival St. Petersburg, Philharmonie Recital

2005/06
    Pafos-Festival Zypern "La Traviata - Gala"/Violetta
    Oper Köln "Idomeneo"/Elettra
    Konzerthaus Wien "La Wally"/Walter
    Dublin "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Kongresshalle Prag Solo - Gala
    Oper Graz "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Sofia, Bulgarien Mozart-Requiem
    Coburn Mahler Symphony Nr. 2 "Eine Totenfeier"
    Konzerthaus Berlin Mahler Symphony Nr. 2 "Eine Totenfeier"
    New Opera Moscow "Maria Stuarda" /Maria Stuarda
    Teatro Regio di Parma "The magic flute" (NP)/Queen of the Night
    Oper Graz "Idomeneo" (WA) /Elettra
    Teatro Regio di Torino "Die Entführung aus dem Serail" (NP)/Konstanze

2006/07
    Tenerife "La Traviata"/Violetta
    Antwerpes UNICEF - Gala
    Deutsche Oper Berlin "Idomeneo"/Elettra
    Musikverein Vienna New Year's Concert
    Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma R.Strauss: "Vier letze Lieder"

Further Commitments see
Timetable.