Inna’s time at the Studio is supported by Lisa Newick & Alison and Malcolm Thwaites
Soprano Inna Husieva was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. She completed her Masters Degree at the Pyotr Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine under the tutelage of Professor Evdokia Kolesnik. During her time there, she took part in a number of productions including Violetta (La Traviata), Iolanta (Iolanta), Martha (The Tsar’s Bride, Rimsky-Korsakov), Cupid (Orfeo ed Euridice).
She has performed as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 “Lobgesang”. Since 2017, Inna has been working with the Open Opera Ukraine, specialising in the performance of baroque repertoire. She has collaborated with early music specialists, including Ilia Korol and Jörg Halubek. A highlight was her participation in the first ever production of a baroque opera in Ukraine, performing the role of Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. In 2019, she performed the role of Galatea (Acis and Galatea) by Handel.
In 2019, Inna was a finalist in the 10th International Baroque Opera competition “Pietro Antonio Cesti” in Innsbruck (Austria). Her 2020/21 season consisted of the roles Pamina (Die Zauberflöte) and Frasquita (Carmen) in which Inna also covered the role of Micaëla. In September 2021 Inna was invited to Stuttgart by Jörg Halubek for a concert performance of Amadei, Bononcini and Handel’s Il Muzio Scevola, singing the role of Orazio. Inna is a 2021/22 Young Artist at the National Opera Studio.
Updated January 2022. This biography should not be reproduced without asking permission from the National Opera Studio.