The soprano Olga Peretyatko, born in St. Petersburg, studied voice at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin and subsequently joined the opera studio of the Hamburg State Opera. In 2007, she achieved international recognition as a prizewinner at Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Competition. Since then, she has appeared at leading opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, La Scala in Milan, the Vienna and Berlin State Operas, Teatro Real Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, as well as at the Opéra Bastille and the festivals in Salzburg, Baden-Baden, Aix-en-Provence, and Pesaro. Her recent debuts include the title role in "Norma" and Marguerite ("Faust") in Hamburg, Mathilde ("Guillaume Tell") in Tokyo, and Elettra ("Idomeneo") in Berlin. Her repertoire also includes Violetta ("La traviata"), Gilda ("Rigoletto"), Leonora ("Il trovatore"), Donna Anna ("Don Giovanni"), Norina ("Don Pasquale"), and the title role in "Anna Bolena." Highlights of her career include the role of the Nightingale in Stravinsky’s "Le Rossignol" in Toronto, Aix-en-Provence, New York, and Amsterdam, Liù ("Turandot") and Marfa ("The Tsar’s Bride") in Berlin and at La Scala, as well as Leïla ("Les pêcheurs de perles") under Daniel Barenboim. In concert, she has performed Rachmaninov’s "The Bells" with the Orchestre de Paris, a program with Ádám Fischer in Salzburg, and Strauss’s "Four Last Songs" in Washington and on a tour of China. In 2018, she gave her first solo recital at La Scala in Milan. For her six albums with Sony Classical, she has received multiple awards and, in 2025, was honored with the European Culture Prize for her outstanding artistic achievements.
