OlgaPudova

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About Olga

Olga Pudova is a coloratura soprano whose recent appearances have included a highly praised debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann. Critics described her performance as “poker-faced and faultless...with seemingly limitless vocal aeronautics” and “some of the highest notes ever heard in the Royal Opera House” (iNews, Culture Whisper, The Guardian, Seen and Heard). Her rendition of “Les oiseaux dans la charmille” was noted for its “bell-like clarity and icy precision,” earning one of the evening’s most enthusiastic ovations.

Upcoming engagements include her return to Teatro Regio di Torino in Die Entführung aus dem Serail as Konstanze, conducted by Gianluca Capuano, and a house debut at the Volksoper Wien, where she will reprise her acclaimed portrayal of Olympia in Les contes d’Hoffmann. Recent seasons have seen her as Königin der Nacht in Die Zauberflöte at both the Dallas Opera, Semperoper Dresden and Opera National de Paris; her first Konstanze in Grand Théâtre de Geneve in a new staging of Entführung; Olympia at the Gran Teatre del Liceu; Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg; Giunia in Lucio Silla with La Seine Musicale; and her role debut as Violetta in La traviata at the Bolshoi Theatre.

She has appeared in a wide range of repertoire at many of Europe’s leading houses. Highlights include Zerbinetta in a new production of Ariadne auf Naxos at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bayerische Staatsoper; and performances at the Opéra national de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Semperoper Dresden, Opéra-Comique, Opera Philadelphia, Teatro La Fenice, Komische Oper Berlin, Theater an der Wien, and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. She has also appeared at major festivals and regional houses including Les Chorégies d’Orange, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, the Edinburgh International Festival and Budapest Spring Festival. She is a long-standing member of the Mariinsky Theatre ensemble, she continues to perform there regularly and on international tours.

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For availability and general enquiries:

Paul Meyer zu Schwabedissen

Paul Meyer zu Schwabedissen

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Grace Hewett

Grace Hewett

Assistant Artist Manager

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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt

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Season Highlights

Nov 2025
Teatro Regio Torino
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze) Gianluca Capuano (conductor)
Jun 2026
Volksoper Wien
Offenbach: Tales of Hoffmann (Olympia) Ben Glassberg (conductor)

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Selected Repertoire

Bellini

La Sonnambula (Amina)

Bernstein

Candide (Cunegonde)

Bizet

Les pêcheurs de perles (Leïla)

Britten

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tytania)

Delibes

Lakmé (title role)

Donizetti

Lucia di Lammermoor (title role)   •   L’elisir d’amore (Adina)   •   La fille du regiment (Marie)   •   Don Pasquale (Norina)

Glinka

Ruslan and Lyudmila (title role)

Massenet

Cendrillion (La Fee)

Mozart

Die Zauberflöte (Königin der Nacht)   •   Entführung aus dem Serail (Konstanze)   •   Der Schauspieldirektor (Madame Herz)   •   Lucio Silla (Giunia)   •   La finta giardiniera (Sandrina)

Offenbach

Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Olympia)

Puccini

La Boheme (Musetta)

Rimsky-Korsakov

The Snow Maiden (title role)   •   The Golden Cockerel (Tsaritsa of Shemakha)   •   The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Tsarevna Swan-Bird)

Rossini

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)   •   Il Viaggio a Reims (Contessa di Foleville)

Strauss

Ariadne auf Naxos (Zerbinetta)   •   Arabella (Fiakermilli)

Stravinsky

Rossignol (title role)

Verdi

Rigoletto (Gilda)   •   Un Ballo in Maschera (Oscar)   •   Falstaff (Nanetta)   •   La Traviata (Violetta)

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  • Offenbach - The Tales of Hoffmann

    Royal Opera House
    Nov 2024

    • As the mechanical doll Olympia, Olga Pudova dazzles with pinpoint coloratura, throwing in what could be the highest notes ever heard in the Royal Opera House.

    • But the real show-stopper is Russian soprano Olga Pudova, playing the mechanical doll. Her high coloratura is icy and faultless, while her movements are so convincing than it’s hard to believe she’s human at all – a stunning turn.

    • All three sopranos were thoroughly enjoyable. Olga Pudova earned the biggest ovation of the night for the boundless energy she put into Olympia’s “Les oiseaux dans la charmille”.

    • The first of Hoffmann's three flashback desires is to Russian coloratura soprano Olga Pudova's Olympia, her seemingly limitless vocal aeronautics as nimble as her droll and doll-like movements are comically awkward.

    • the Russian soprano Olga Pudova showed magnificent coloratura as Olympia

    • He has three dazzling ladies at different stages of Hoffmann’s obsessive and unfulfilled life: back at school with the mobile equations on the blackboard, Olga Pudova plays Olympia as a neat Lucy Worsley lookalike who turns out to be a mechanical doll, and brings the house down with her mechanically stratospheric coloratura aria.

    • Olga Pudova delivers quite the turn as Olympia, marching about stiff in arm and leg (think “Doll on a Music Box” from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and wowing the audience with a bravura coloratura run of notes that all but stopped the show.

    • In one impressive house debut, Olga Pudova poker-faced her way through Olympia’s mechanical show-piece, her soprano bell-like throughout the coloratura stratosphere.

    • The Russian soprano Olga Pudova portrays the doll's jerky movements with great humour, while singing superbly, hitting all the impressively high notes Offenbach gave her. Suddenly, both the music and the story leap into action and the opera was transformed into a wondrous romp which gained sustained cheers and applause from the audience. ... but it was Pudova, making her Royal Opera debut, who deservedly achieved the greatest acclaim.

  • Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos

    Bayerische Staatsoper
    Nov 2023 - Mar 2023

    • Olga Pudova ist gerade eine der wenigen Sopranistinnen, die sich lustvoll in der Zerbinetta-Stratosphäre bewegen. [Translated] Olga Pudova is just one of the few sopranos who move with relish in the Zerbinetta stratosphere.

  • Mozart - Die Zauberflöte

    Opéra national de Paris
    Oct 2022 - Oct 2022

    • Olga Pudova en Reine de la Nuit accomplit sa partie avec maîtrise, dans les suraigus ainsi que dans son médium large et moelleux, avec même une forme de sobriété qui sert la dimension magique et suspendue de la mise en scène.” [Translated] Olga Pudova as Queen of the Night accomplishes her part with mastery, in the super high notes as well as in her wide and mellow medium. The sobriety of her voice complements the magical aspects and suspended dimension of the staging.

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