Olena Tokar

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Olena Mykolajiwna Tokar ( Ukrainian Олена Миколаївна Токар ; born June 21, 1987 in Novotoschkiwske , Luhansk Oblast , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian opera singer with a soprano voice . She has been a member of the Leipzig Opera ensemble since 2010 .

Olena Tokar 2016

biography

education

Olena Tokar studied singing at the College of Art and Culture in Luhansk (Ukraine) from 2002 to 2006 , then at the National Music Academy of Ukraine Peter Tchaikovsky in Kiev in the class of S. P. Busina and E. H. Kolosova. From 2010 she continued her studies at the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig with Regina Werner-Dietrich, most recently from 2013 to her graduation in 2017 in the master class .

In 2011 she took part in the Young Singer Project at the Salzburg Festival. Master classes with Ileana Cotrubas , Christa Ludwig , Michael Schade and Alfred Brendel as well as workshops with Irwin Gage , Olaf Bär , Pjotr ​​Beczala and Matthias Goerne rounded off her training. In December 2013 she was presented by Rolando Villazón at Arte as part of the program Stars of Tomorrow .

Opera roles and engagements (selection)

Olena Tokar has been a member of the ensemble at the Leipzig Opera House since the 2010/11 season, where she performed numerous roles in the lyrical soprano.

Debut in role Venue
2010-03 Antigona (Admeto) Leipzig Opera
2012-12 Gretel ( Hansel and Gretel ) Leipzig Opera House
2013-06 Zemina ( The Fairies ) Bayreuth Festival, concertante
2014-09 Mariana ( The Ban on Love ) Leipzig Opera
2013-10 Pamina ( The Magic Flute ) Leipzig Opera
2014-10 Marguerite ( Faust (Gounod) )
  • Leipzig Opera House
  • Semperoper Dresden (April 2016)
  • Vilnius Opera (Oct 2017)
2015-05 Norina ( Don Pasquale ) Leipzig Opera
2015-06 Nedda ( Pagliacci ) Leipzig Opera
2015-08 Mimì ( La Bohème )
  • Verbier Festival
  • Leipzig Opera House (since December 2015)
2015-10 Nelly ( The Nightjar ) Leipzig Opera
2016-06 Zdenka ( Arabella ) Leipzig Opera House (June 2016)
2016-10 Liù ( Turandot ) Leipzig Opera House (Oct. 2016)
2016-11 Susanna ( Le nozze di Figaro ) Leipzig Opera House Bolzano Teatro Comunale (April 2017)
2017-12 Rusalka ( Rusalka ) Leipzig Opera House
2018-03 Violetta Valéry ( La Traviata )
  • Trondheim
  • Leipzig Opera House (Jan. 2019)
2018-06 Juliette ( Roméo et Juliette ) Grange Park Opera, West Horsley
2018-11 5 maid ( Elektra) Leipzig Opera House
2018-11 Micaëla ( Carmen ) Leipzig Opera House
2019-01 Sophie ( The Rosenkavalier ) Leipzig Opera House
2019-06 Marie ( The Bartered Bride ) Leipzig Opera House

Prizes and awards

Discography

  • Eastern romance - recital. Concert recording from the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, with Igor Gryshyn. DVD, University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig, 2014.
  • Richard Strauss: distress . Münchner Rundfunkorchester , Ulf Schirmer (Olena Tokar as Margret ). 2 CDs, Classic Production Osnabrück, 2015.
  • Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 Résurrection . Orchester National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus (Olena Tokar as soprano soloist). Evidence, 2015.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ О себе ( Memento from October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ https://www.cult.gov.ua/news/solistka_z_lejpciga_na_chernigivskij_sceni/2011-02-03-2551
  3. ↑ Olena Tokar sings "Clair de lune" by Gabriel Fauré (video document). In: Youtube. October 28, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Stars of Tomorrow S03E02: Music Olena Tokar (soprano). In: Youtube. ARTEde, December 19, 2013, accessed on January 3, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Olena Tokar (short portrait). In: Leipzig Opera. Retrieved December 27, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Jordi Kooiman: Verbier: Bohème als showcase voor toptalent. In: Place de l'Opera. August 6, 2015, accessed December 31, 2018 (Dutch).
  7. ↑ Michael Ernst: Emotional chaos on an empty stage: Oper Leipzig ends season with Strauss. In: nmz online. June 20, 2016, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Peter Korfmacher: Song festival without a happy ending. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. October 23, 2016, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Peter Korfmacher: Humanity in Tones: "Figaro's Wedding" in the Leipzig Opera cheered. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. November 18, 2015, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  10. ^ Joachim Lange: The moon has risen ...: Antonín Dvořák's "Rusalka" as a fairy tale opera at the Leipzig Opera. In: nmz online. January 5, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Olena Tokar - "E Strano!" from La Traviata, TSO February 2018. In: Youtube, video document. Askonas Holt, April 4, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  12. ↑ George Hall: Romeo et Juliette review at Grange Park Opera, Surrey - 'a lack of chemistry'. In: The Stage. June 25, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Joachim Lange: Oh, Carmen! - A disappointment at the Leipzig Opera. In: NMZ online. December 27, 2018, accessed December 28, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Peter Korfmacher: Strauss and Hofmannsthal's “Rosenkavalier” at the peak of beauty. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. January 7, 2019, accessed January 9, 2019 .
  15. ↑ 1st Prize Winner 2012 Olena Tokar. In: BR Mediathek. September 30, 2012, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Olena Tokar - BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2013 Final (Part Two). Video document on Youtube, July 5, 2013, accessed on January 20, 2019 .
  17. ^ First Christine Kühne Prize to Olena Tokar. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival, October 11, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Tokar, Olena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tokar, Olena Mykolajiwna (full name); Токар, Олена Миколаївна (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian opera singer with a soprano voice
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Novotoschkiwske , Ukrainian SSR