Olga Pasichnyk (Ukrainian: Ольга Ігорівна Плиска-Пасічник lga Ihorivna Plyska-Pasichnyk Polish: Olga Pasiecznik; born 3 March 1968) is a Polish-Ukrainian classical soprano singer. She lives in Poland.

Biography

Born in

Rivne Rivne (; uk, Рівне ),) also known as Rovno (Russian: Ровно; Polish: Równe; Yiddish: ראָוונע), is a city in western Ukraine. The city is the administrative center of Rivne Oblast (province), as well as the surrounding Rivne Raio ...

, Ukraine, Pasichnyk is the daughter of Ihor and Polish-born Jadwiga (née Antonowicz) Pasichnyk. Her father became the first rector of National University of "Academy Ostrogska" when it was revived in 1994. Her sister is the pianist Natalya Pasichnyk. She is married to Yuri Pliska, assistant professor at

Warsaw University of Life Sciences The Warsaw University of Life Sciences ( pl, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, lit=Main School of Rural Homestead, SGGW) is the largest agricultural university in Poland, established in 1816 in Warsaw. It employs over 2,600 staff including ...

. She initially trained to be a pianist at Rivne, but moved to the Kyiv Conservatory to study singing as a

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

with Evgeniya Miroshnichenko. She then completed her

postgraduate studies Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate ( bachelor's) degree. The organization and stru ...

with Alina Bolechowska at the

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music The Chopin University of Music ( pl, Uniwersytet Muzyczny Fryderyka Chopina, UMFC) is a musical conservatorium and academy located in central Warsaw, Poland. It is the oldest and largest music school in Poland, and one of the largest in Europe.

in Warsaw. In 1992, Pasichnyk became a soloist of the

Warsaw Chamber Opera The Warsaw Chamber Opera ( pl, Warszawska Opera Kameralna, WOK) is a Polish opera company founded in 1961 by Stefan Sutkowski, its managing and artistic director from its inception until his retirement in 2012. On 15 October 1986, the Warsaw Cham ...

, while still a student. Since then she has taken leading roles with many European opera companies, including the

Paris Opera The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...

Bavarian State Opera The Bayerische Staatsoper is a German opera company based in Munich. Its main venue is the Nationaltheater München, and its orchestra the Bayerische Staatsorchester. History The parent ensemble of the company was founded in 1653, under Ele ...

Vlaamse Opera The Vlaamse Opera (Flemish Opera) is an opera company in Belgium directed by Jan Vandenhouwe which operates in two different opera houses in two Flemish cities, the Vlaamse Opera Antwerp at Van Ertbornstraat 8 and the Vlaamse Opera Ghent at Schouwbu ...

Geneva Opera , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ...

, Polish National Opera,

Opéra de Lille The Opéra de Lille is a neo-classical opera house, built from 1907 to 1913 and officially inaugurated in 1923. Closed for renovation in 1998 it reopened in 2003 for Lille 2004. The Opéra de Lille is a member of the European Network for Opera, M ...

Teatro Real The Teatro Real (Royal Theatre) is an opera house in Madrid, Spain. Located at the Plaza de Oriente, opposite the Royal Palace of Madrid, Royal Palace, and known colloquially as ''El Real'', it is considered the top institution of the performing a ...

Opéra de Nice The Opéra de Nice is the principal opera venue in Nice, France, which houses the Ballet Nice Méditerrannée and the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra. It offers three types of performances: operas, ballets and classical music concerts. History The � ...

and

Opéra National du Rhin The Opéra national du Rhin is an opera company which performs in Alsace, eastern France. It includes the Opéras in Strasbourg, in Mulhouse, where the Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin, also known as the Ballet Du Rhin, is based, and in Colmar, ...

. In parallel with her opera career, Pasichnyk performs concert works and tours widely with her sister Natalya. She has recorded extensively in both roles, with some fifty discs and DVDs. She has won prizes at the

International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch The International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch (IVC; ) is a music competition for classical singing founded in 1954. It is the only classical vocal competition in the Netherlands that also focuses, besides opera, oratorio and Lied. This bie ...

(the Netherlands, 1994), the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in Helsinki (Finland, 1999) and the

Queen Elisabeth Music Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition ( nl, Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, french: Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in Brussels. The competition is named after Queen ...

(2000) as well as awards in Poland for her work at the Warsaw Opera, including the Officer's Cross of the

Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland The Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Order Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a Polish order of merit created in 1974, awarded to persons who have rendered great service to Poland. It is granted to foreigners or Poles resident ab ...

(2012).

Selected discography

Mozart, W. A.: ''Concert Arias''
(" Bella mia fiamma ...") (CD Accord, 2012)
Pergolesi – ''L'Olimpiade''
(Deutscher Harmonia Mundi, 2011)
Chopin – Complete songs
(Naxos, 2010)
Handel – ''Tre Donne – Tre Destini''
(PMC 2010 – DVD)
Handel
– ''

Giulio Cesare ''Giulio Cesare in Egitto'' (; , HWV 17), commonly known as ''Giulio Cesare'', is a dramma per musica ('' opera seria'') in three acts composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1724. The libretto was written by Nic ...

'' (PMC 2008)
Mozart
– ''

Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...

'' (HMU, 2007)
Jacopo Peri
– '' L'Euridice'' (PMC, 2006)
Mozart – Complete songs
(PMC, 2006)
Penderecki
– '' Seven Gates of Jerusalem'' (Symphony No.7) (Naxos, 2006 – Grammy nomination 2008)
Lutosławski – ''Chantefleurs et Chantefables''
(BeArTon, 2004)

– ''

Athalia Athaliah ( el, Γοθολία ''Gotholía''; la, Athalia) was the daughter of either king Omri, or of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel, the queen consort of Judah as the wife of King Jehoram, a descendant of King David, and later quee ...

'' (Dabringhaus & Grimm, 2004)
Mendelssohn & Dvorak songs
(PMC, 2003)

– ''

King Roger King Roger (Polish: , Op. 46) is an opera in three acts by Karol Szymanowski to a Polish libretto by the composer himself and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, the composer's cousin. The score was finished in 1924. The opera received its world premiere on ...

'' (Accord, 2003) * ''Dumky – Popular Ukrainian songs for voice and piano'' (OPUS111, 2001)

References

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Arien Artists {{DEFAULTSORT:Pasichnyk, Olga 1968 births Living people Polish operatic sopranos Ukrainian operatic sopranos Musicians from Rivne Chopin University of Music alumni Kyiv Conservatory alumni Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 20th-century Ukrainian women opera singers 20th-century Polish women opera singers 21st-century Polish women opera singers Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition