Yulia Matochkina

Yulia Matochkina, born in Mirny, Russia, received her training at the Glazunov Conservatory in Petrozavodsk. From 2009 to 2015, she was a member of the Mariinsky Theatre’s Opera Academy. She subsequently became a permanent member of the company and also won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Guest engagements have taken her to venues including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, La Scala in Milan, the Zurich Opera House, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Opéra national de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Los Angeles Opera, as well as the festivals in Edinburgh, Verbier, Baden-Baden, and Salzburg. Her repertoire includes roles such as Amneris (Aida), Eboli (Don Carlo), Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Venus (Tannhäuser), Dalila (Samson et Dalila), Dido (Les Troyens), Azucena (Il trovatore), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana), and the title role in Carmen. She made her debut at the Hamburg State Opera in 2022, appearing as Federica (Luisa Miller). In 2025/26, she will return to the State Opera as Ortrud (Lohengrin). (As of: 06/2025)