Born in Ukraine, Oksana Dyka Graduated at Kiev Conservatory in 2004, and from 2003 to 2007

OKSANA DYKA

Drammatico d’agilità

Born in Ukraine, Oksana Dyka graduated at Kiev Conservatory in 2004, and from 2003 to 2007 she was the main soloist at Ukraine National Opera of Kiev.

In 2003 she won the prize of the Marseilles International Opera competition, which landed her the part of Tosca at National Opera of Montpellier in March 2005.

Also in 2005, Oksana was higly acclaimed as Tosca at Estonian National Opera in Tallinn and at Dalhalla Opera Festival in Sweden (same production), and she made her debut as Desdemona in Verdi's Otello at Estonian National Opera.

A very much appreciated intepreter of symphonic and chamber music, she made her Canadian debut in Montreal as a soloist in Shostakovich's Symphony n. 14, with "I Musici" Orchestra. The success she enjoyed led her to also sing the same program in Italy with Orchestra Sinfonica di Padova, and in Denmark with Odense Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, in 2007.

Early highlights include Don Carlo (Elisabetta) at Teatro Regio in Turin, Il Trovatore (Leonora) at Circuito Lombardo, Madama Butterfly at Queensland Opera in Brisbane. On the concert platform, she performed with Orchestra Sinfonica Verdi conducted by M° Slatkin in New Year’s concerts (Verdi's arias), with San Francisco Symphony conducted by Micheal Tilson Thomas in Shostakovich's ring cycle from Jewish Folk Poetry, and with Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra in Verdi's Requiem.

During the following years, she appeared on the main stages worlwide, with Tosca at Teatro dell'Opera in Rome directed by Franco Zeffirelli, a scenic version of Verdi's Requiem at Tampere Opera in Finland, the debut as Amelia (Simon Boccanegra) at Estonian National Opera in Tallinn. Further highlights were Ariadne auf Naxos in Genoa, Il Trittico (Georgetta) in Frankfurt, Madama Butterfly in Bologna, Graz and Valencia, Aida in Buenos Aires in tournée with La Scala under the baton of M° Barenboim, Il Tabarro at Opéra Bastille in Paris, Pagliacci and Tosca at La Scala in Milan, Tosca in Dresden, in Valencia under the baton of M° Mehta, at Arena di Verona and in Pompei with Teatro San Carlo di Napoli.

In recent seasons, she obtained great reviews from public and critics singing a new production of Eugene Onegin in Los Angeles under the baton of James Conlon, Mefistofele in Montecarlo, Tosca in Frankfurt, Dresden and Valencia, Aida and Tosca at La Scala, Un Ballo in Maschera in Turin.

Most recently, Tosca at Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, Berlin Staatsoper and Royal Opera House, Madama Butterfly in Los Angeles, Un Ballo in Maschera at La Scala and in Tokyo in tournée with Teatro Regio di Torino, Aida at Arena di Verona and at Opéra Bastille, a new production of Prince Igor at the Metropolitan under the baton of M° Noseda, Prince Igor and Tosca at Mariinksy Theatre, Britten’s War Requiem at Bregenzer Festspiele, Madama Butterfly at Opéra de Paris, Piqué Dame at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and Opernhaus Zürich under the baton of Michail Jurowski, Il Giocatore at Opéra de Montecarlo, Jenufa at the Metropolitan, Turandot at the Arena di Verona, Prince Igor at the National Opera in Amsterdam.

Future engagements include: Turandot at the Metropolitan and at Teatro Regio in Turin.

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SAE-KYUNG RIM

Soprano

Sae-Kyung Rim graduated in singing at the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milan and in the course for opera singers Soloists dell 'Accademia del Teatro alla Scala with Leyla Gencer. She has won several international competitions in singing, including the "Giambattista Viotti" in Vercelli.

Future engagements include among others Aida at Arena di Verona,Cio Cio San/Madama Butterfly at Savonlinna Opera Festival, Arena di Verona and Greek National Opera, Leonora/Forza del Destino in Las Palmas, Aida in Leipzig, Washington and NNT Tokyo.

Recently she performedTosca at Wiener Staatsoper w. Domingo, Antonenko, Hampson,Cio-Cio-San/Madama Butterflyin Budapest, Las Palmas, at Wiener Staatsoper and in Bergen and Trondheim, Leonora/Forza del Destino at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona, Maddalena/Andrea Chénier in Seoul andAida/Aida at Arena di Verona, in Seoul and in Munich.

In Teatro alla Scala in Milan she has performed in productions such as: Dialogues des Carmelites by Poulenc, Rinaldo by Handel, Elektra by Richard Strauss, La Bohème by Puccini, Fiordiligi/Così Fan Tutte and others under the direction of Riccardo Muti, Ottavio Dantone, Semyon Bychkov, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Niksa Bareza, Jeffrey Tate, Riccardo Chailly, Lothar Koenigs, Daniel Barenboim.

In 2013 she performed the title role in "Aida" at Sejong Theater Seoul, and Verdi’s Requiem in the Opera House of Seoul. In Seoul she has performed many leading roles in the past 5 years such as Madame Lidoine/Les Dialogues des Carmelites by Poulenc, Amelia/Un Ballo in Maschera, Leonora/Forza del Destino, Marguerite/Mefistofele by Boïto, Tosca.

Her theatrical debut was performing Parisina by Donizetti at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo.

She made her debut at the Teatro Coccia of Novara performing the title role in Madama Butterfly by Puccini.

In February 2009 she took part in the production of "Madama Butterfly" by Puccini at the Teatro Valli in Reggio Emilia, in the role of Cio-Cio-San. That season she also performed Leonora in La Forza del Destino by Verdi at the Teatro Sejong Seoul and also Aida by Verdi, in the title role, at the Stadttheather of Klagenfurt.

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HUI HE

Soprano

Chinese soprano Hui He burst onto the international music scene in 2003 with her performance as the title role in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at L’Opera de Bordeaux. She has become not only one of the most famous interpreters of Cio-Cio San to be heard today, but also one of the most acclaimed interpreters of the titles roles in Aida and Tosca. Since her breakout performance in 2003, Ms. He has sung at most of the world’s leading theaters, including the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and Arena di Verona. Engagements for the 2016/17 season include Amelia in Un Ballo in maschera at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and Zürich Opera, the title role in Tosca at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Festival Puccini, and the title role in Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Real de Madrid, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Den Norske Opera, and Dallas Opera. In future seasons, Ms. He will make her role and house debut as Elvira in Ernani with the Opéra de Marseille, debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as Amelia, return to the Metropolitan Opera as Cio-Cio-San, and sing the title role in La Gioconda at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

In the 2015/16 season, Ms. He sang the title role in Madama Butterfly at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the title role in Aida at the Arena di Verona and Teatro Verdi di Salerno in Italy, the title role in Tosca at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Semperoper Dresden, Leonora in Il Trovatore at Opera National de Paris and Arena di Verona, and Donna Leonora in La Forza del destino at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Engagements for the 2014/15 season included the title role in Madama Butterfly at Deutsche Oper Berlin, the title role in Aida at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Arena di Verona and National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, the title role in Tosca at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Semperoper Dresden, Arena di Verona and Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville, and Leonora in Il Trovatore at Chorégies d’Orange in France. Ms. He’s engagements for the 2013/14 season included Aida at Teatro alla Scala and Arena di Verona, the title role in La Gioconda at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Leonora at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan Opera and Den Norske Opera, Amelia in Un Ballo in maschera at Arena di Verona, and Verdi’s Requiem with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and at Teatro Regio di Torino.

In the 2012/13 season, Ms. He sang the title role in Madama Butterfly at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Bavarian State Opera, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatre Principal de Mahón in Spain, and Staatsoper Berlin; the title role in La Gioconda at Teatro Verdi di Salerno under Daniel Oren; the title role in Aida at the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, and Arena di Verona; and Leonora in Il Trovatore at Arena di Verona. Her engagements for the 2011/12 season included the title role in Tosca at Oper Frankfurt and Opera di Firenze, Aida at Lyric Opera of Chicago and Arena di Verona, and Madama Butterfly at Theatre du Capitole in Toulouse. In the 2010/11 season, Ms. He sang Aida at the 2011 Maggio Musicale Fiorentino production under Zubin Mehta, in a new production at Oper Köln, in Valencia, Munich, and with the New Israeli Opera at Masada.

Born in China’s old imperial capital Xi’an, Hui He completed her musical and vocal studies in her home country. In September of 2000, she won Second Prize at Placido Domingo’s International Operalia Competition in Los Angeles, after which she was invited by Maestro Domingo to sing a concert with him in Shanghai. In April of 2001, Ms. He won First Prize at the Voci Verdiane in Bussetto, where she was especially praised by the legendary Turkish soprano, Leyla Gencer. She subsequently made her Italian stage debut in February of 2002 as Tosca at the Teatro Regio in Parma. This debut was followed by Alzira in Parma, Un Ballo in maschera in Verona and Bolzano, and Aida in Florence, Naples, Rome, Busetto, Lucca, Piacenza and Catanzaro. Ms. He debuted at the Vienna State Opera as Lina in Verdi’s Stiffelio and at the Arena di Verona as Liu in Turandot. In 2006, she made two very important debuts: at the Teatro alla Scala in Milano in Tosca, conducted by Lorin Maazel, and at Opéra-Bastille in Paris in Madama Butterfly. In 2007, Ms. He debuted in Munich as Tosca, and it was in this role that she made her New York Philharmonic debut in concert performances under Lorin Maazel in 2009. This was followed by her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010 as Aida.