Biography

Nicole Chirka

Current as of July 2022

Mezzo-soprano Nicole Chirka was born in Kharkiv (Ukraine) and studied with Alexander Vostryakov at the National Academy of Music in Kyiv, where her roles included Laura (Iolanta), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Marcellina (Le nozze di Figaro), Olga (Eugene Onegin) and Lyubasha in excerpts from Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride.

It was as Olga that she made her debut at the Kyiv National Opera in 2020. Since the start of the 2021/22 season she has been a member of the Young Opera Ensemble at the Dresden State Opera, where her roles to date have included the Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly).

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Nicole Chirka Young Singers Project Mezzo-soprano
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