Ukrainian barytone Danylo Matviienko studied at the Donetsk State Music Academy and furthered his operatic training at the Opera Studio of Oper Frankfurt, the Akademia Operowa of the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, and the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris.

2026/27 SEASON

During the 2026/27 season, Danylo Matviienko continues as a member of the ensemble of the Semperoper Dresden, where his engagements include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Marcello in La bohème, Moralès in Carmen, Pantalon in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges. In April 2027, he returns to the Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento as Marcello in a new production of La bohème. The season culminates in a major house debut at the Teatro Regio Torino, where he sings the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in Robert Carsen’s acclaimed production, conducted by Valentin Uryupin.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Recent highlights at the Semperoper Dresden include the title role in Eugene Onegin, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Ping in Turandot, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Simone in a new production of Zemlinsky’s Eine florentinische Tragödie. Guest engagements have included his debut at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as Marcello in La bohème, Gil in Wolf-Ferrari’s Il segreto di Susanna with the Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento, and Papageno at the Soirées Lyriques de Sanxay.

Prior to joining the Semperoper Dresden, Matviienko was a member of the ensemble of Oper Frankfurt, where his repertoire included Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and Guglielmo in Calixto Bieito’s production of Così fan tutte. Further guest engagements have taken him to the Tiroler Festspiele Erl as Dottore Malatesta in Don Pasquale and Mizgir in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden, as well as to the Staatsoper Stuttgart as Escamillo in a production of Carmen.

On the concert stage, Matviienko’s repertoire includes Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, and Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem. He has appeared at the Rheingau Musik Festival and with the Kammer Sinfonie Bremen.

Matviienko is a prizewinner of several international competitions, including the Antonina Campi International Voice Competition and the Ada Sari International Vocal Competition, and was a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.

In addition to his musical studies, he holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Donetsk National University.