Anzhelina[n 1] Alekseevna Shvachka (Ukrainian: Анжелина Алексеевна Швачка; born 1971) is a Ukrainian operatic mezzo-soprano singer. She is a leading soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv,[1] where she started in 1997.
Anzhelina Shvachka Анжелина Алексеевна Швачка | |
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 Shvachka in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 17, 1971 Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Genres | Opera |
| Occupation | Opera singer (mezzo-soprano) |
Career
editShvachka was born in Dnipro, Ukraine. She is the prizewinner of Klaudia Taev Competition in 2005.[2] After that, she was invited to perform numerous times at the Pärnu International Opera Music Festival PromFest in Estonia and abroad. Some notable roles were the title role in Carmen (2007), Lyubasha in The Tsar's Bride (2013), and Amneris in Aida (2015).[3]
She recorded Prince Igor with the NRCU Symphony Orchestra under Theodore Kuchar in 2005,[4] and Robert Ian Winstin's Oedipus Requiem with the Kyiv Philharmonic in 2007.[5]
Awards
editNotes and references
editNotes
- ^ Also transcribed as "Angelina"
References
- ^ Profile Archived 2017-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, National Opera of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "Klaudia Taev 2005 Prizewinners".
- ^ Schedule at Operabase
- ^ Borodin: Prince Igor (highlights), Naxos Records
- ^ Winstin: Oedipus Requiem (2007), Presto Classical
- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №77/2016" [Decree of the President of Ukraine No.77/2016], 2 March 2016 (in Ukrainian)
External links
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Media related to Angelina Shvachka at Wikimedia Commons- Profile, Stretta Artists Management
