Daria Sushkova

© Viktoria Smetana

The Russian mezzo-soprano Daria Sushkova was born in Tambow in 1996. From 2013 to 2017, she studied at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Music University in Moscow, and from 2017 to 2021, she attended the GITIS Theater Institute (Faculty of Music Theater). Since the 2021/2022 season, she has been a member of the Opera Studio at the Vienna State Opera. Daria Sushkova was a scholarship holder of the Vladimir Spivakov Charity Foundation and a prize winner in national and international competitions; her performances have taken her to France and Belgium, among other places. Daria Sushkova was nominated for the Onegin Opera Prize. Among her roles are Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Josephine in Linda Kathleen Smith's Facing South, the Spring Fairy in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Schneeflöckchen, Dunyasha in Rimsky-Korsakov's Zarenbraut, Olga in Eugen Onegin, Mercédès, and Carmen in Carmen.

At the Vienna State Opera, she has been heard as Giovanna in Rigoletto and as the Shepherdess in Jenůfa, among other roles. In the New Year's Eve Fledermaus 2022 at the Vienna State Opera, she made her role debut as Prince Orlofsky.

Performances with Daria Sushkova

Saison 2024-25
Sat
25 Jan
20:00 — 22:30
Richard Strauss
Oper Main Stage

with Adrian Eröd, Kate Lindsey, Michael Spyres, Sara Blanch, Lise Davidsen, Conductor: Cornelius Meister

Ariadne auf Naxos

Cast at Saturday 25. January 2025

Der Haushofmeister

Ein Musiklehrer

Der Komponist

Der Tenor (Bacchus)

Ein Tanzmeister

Zerbinetta

Die Primadonna (Ariadne)

Lise Davidsen * *instead of Anna Netrebko

Brighella

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bühne

Rolf Glittenberg

Kostüme

Marianne Glittenberg

Licht

Jürgen Hoffmann
Tue
28 Jan
19:00 — 21:30
Richard Strauss
Oper Main Stage

with Adrian Eröd, Kate Lindsey, Michael Spyres, Sara Blanch, Lise Davidsen, Conductor: Cornelius Meister

Ariadne auf Naxos

Cast at Tuesday 28. January 2025

Der Haushofmeister

Ein Musiklehrer

Der Komponist

Der Tenor (Bacchus)

Ein Tanzmeister

Zerbinetta

Die Primadonna (Ariadne)

Lise Davidsen * *instead of Anna Netrebko

Brighella

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bühne

Rolf Glittenberg

Kostüme

Marianne Glittenberg

Licht

Jürgen Hoffmann
Fri
31 Jan
19:30 — 22:00
Richard Strauss
Oper Main Stage

with Adrian Eröd, Kate Lindsey, Michael Spyres, Sara Blanch, Lise Davidsen, Conductor: Cornelius Meister

Ariadne auf Naxos

Cast at Friday 31. January 2025

Der Haushofmeister

Ein Musiklehrer

Der Komponist

Der Tenor (Bacchus)

Ein Tanzmeister

Zerbinetta

Die Primadonna (Ariadne)

Lise Davidsen * *instead of Anna Netrebko

Brighella

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Sven-Eric Bechtolf

Bühne

Rolf Glittenberg

Kostüme

Marianne Glittenberg

Licht

Jürgen Hoffmann
Fri
21 Mar
12:00 — 13:30
Piotr I. Tschaikowski

Iolanta

Dress Rehearsal

Oper Main Stage

with Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, Dmytro Popov, Attila Mokus, Sonya Yoncheva, Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Iolanta

Cast at Friday 21. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Tugan Sokhiev

Inszenierung

Evgeny Titov

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Annemarie Woods

Licht

Martin Gebhardt
Mon
24 Mar
19:30 — 21:00
Piotr I. Tschaikowski

Iolanta

Premiere

Oper Main Stage

with Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, Dmytro Popov, Attila Mokus, Sonya Yoncheva, Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Iolanta

Cast at Monday 24. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Tugan Sokhiev

Inszenierung

Evgeny Titov

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Annemarie Woods

Licht

Martin Gebhardt
Thu
27 Mar
19:30 — 21:00
Piotr I. Tschaikowski
Oper Main Stage

with Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, Dmytro Popov, Attila Mokus, Sonya Yoncheva, Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Iolanta

Cast at Thursday 27. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Tugan Sokhiev

Inszenierung

Evgeny Titov

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Annemarie Woods

Licht

Martin Gebhardt
Mon
31 Mar
19:30 — 21:00
Piotr I. Tschaikowski
Oper Main Stage

with Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, Dmytro Popov, Attila Mokus, Sonya Yoncheva, Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Iolanta

Cast at Monday 31. March 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Tugan Sokhiev

Inszenierung

Evgeny Titov

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Annemarie Woods

Licht

Martin Gebhardt
Fri
04 Apr
Piotr I. Tschaikowski
Oper Main Stage

with Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, Dmytro Popov, Attila Mokus, Sonya Yoncheva, Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Iolanta

Cast at Friday 4. April 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Tugan Sokhiev

Inszenierung

Evgeny Titov

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Annemarie Woods

Licht

Martin Gebhardt
Sun
06 Apr
Piotr I. Tschaikowski
Oper Main Stage

with Ivo Stanchev, Boris Pinkhasovich, Dmytro Popov, Attila Mokus, Sonya Yoncheva, Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev

Iolanta

Cast at Sunday 6. April 2025

Musikalische Leitung

Tugan Sokhiev

Inszenierung

Evgeny Titov

Bühne

Rufus Didwiszus

Kostüme

Annemarie Woods

Licht

Martin Gebhardt
Sun
11 May
Konzert Gustav-Mahler-Saal
Ensemblematinee im Mahler-Saal

Cast at Sunday 11. May 2025