Svitlana Merlichenko

Current Position

Experience

FIO Italia

2024 - 2025
Atlanta, GA

Countess Almaviva

2025 - 2025
Summer of 2025-role of the Countess in "Le Nozze di Figaro" by W.A.Mozart in full staged production.

Madam Lidoine

2024 - 2024
Summer of 2024-role of Madam Lidoine from "Dialogue with Carmelites" by Poulenc in full staged production.

Biography

Svitlana Merlichenko

Born in Ukraine, Svitlana started very early in music education, playing piano and singing in choir from 6 years old. At 16 she was accepted to the local Dnipropetrovsk Music college for bachelor degree in voice and ensemble perfomrance with acceptance directly to sophomore year. Three years later Svitlana was accepted to work at Musical Theater in Dnipropetrovsk, singing leading roles in musicals and operettas. After two years of the theater Svitlana was accepted to continue her education in Voice performance master degree at National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kiev, studying with the legend of the Ukraine: Eugenia Miroshnichenko. Svitlana excelled in her education, starring very early in numerous productions and concerts, with highlight in the role of Nedda in Gli Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, under direction of Roman Kofman. After graduating Svitlana moved to Lebanon for a short period, where she continued to work in music field with numerous concerts, and few years later she moved to USA for the permanent residency. Svitlana had numerous experienced with performing in concerts, opera scenes, Baroque music, working with teachers Robin Fisher, Noemi Lugo, Gail Dubinbaum. Currently Svitlana is returned to study voice permormance at University of Kentucky under Cynthia Lawrence guidance, she participated in numerous concerts, performed two roles in past two years: Madam Lidoine from Poulenc's "Dialogue with Carmelites" and Countess in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro". Svitlana is passioned about her craft and straving to excel in delivering powerful presentations of her music roles, both artistically and musically.

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