Soprano

Cio-Cio-San

(14, 18, 23, 28 July & 1 August)

Eugenia Dushina studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She is a diploma prize winner of the Grand Prix Maria Callas, the Ferruccio Tagliavini Competition and the Glinka Competition.

In 2013, she made her debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel. The following year, she made her Austrian debut at the Klosterneuburg Opera Festival as Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. In 2017, she sang the title role of Fevronia in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh at the Norwegian Opera in Bergen.

In 2018, Dushina made her Tel Aviv debut as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, performing with the Israel Chamber Orchestra under Maestro Zukermann. She also performed Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Klosterneuburg Opera Festival and Hanna Glawari in Lehár’s Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) at the Daegu Opera Festival in Korea, in cooperation with the Seefestspiele Mörbisch.

In March 2019, she debuted as Liu in Puccini’s Turandot in a co-production between the Vilnius National Theatre and the Royal Opera of Madrid, staged by Robert Wilson. In July 2019, she appeared as Giulietta in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann at the Klosterneuburg Opera Festival.

The 2019–2020 season included engagements such as:

• Ball der Sterne at the Deutsches Theater in Munich
• Ball der Wiener Philharmoniker in Vienna
• Theater Lübeck: Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni
• Opera Ostrava: Marietta in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt
• Opera Bergen: Gretchen in Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust and Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
• National Opera and Ballet Theatre Vilnius: Liu in Puccini’s Turandot
• Grieghallen Bergen: Liu in Puccini’s Turandot
• Haifa Auditorium: Vienna Gala Concert with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra

From 2021 to 2026, her engagements included:

• Opera Toulon: Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata
• Erfurt Cathedral Stages: Agnès Sorel in Tchaikovsky’s The Maid of Orleans
• Leman Festival, Finland: Floria Tosca in Puccini’s Tosca
• Biel-Solothurn Opera: Maria in Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa
• Israel Chamber Orchestra: Liesgen in Bach’s Coffee Cantata
• Tirol Festival: Summer Night Concert with the Munich Symphony Orchestra
• Opera Bergen: Nedda in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen
• Israel/Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra: Rosalinde in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus
• La Monnaie (Brussels): cover for multiple roles in Shostakovich’s The Nose and Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• Isarphilharmonie: Verdi Gala with the Munich Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Andrea Sanguinetti
• China tour with the Vienna Klangsinfonietta
• Ball der Juristen in Vienna
• Tour in Israel with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra: Countess in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
• Verdi-Wagner Gala with the Thuringian Philharmonic
• Teatro Real Madrid: cover for Tsarina Militrissa in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• Summer Night Concerts 2025 with the Munich Symphony Orchestra at the Munich Brunnenhof
• Summer Night Concert in Innsbruck (Innsbruck Promenade)
• Opera BURG GARS: Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata (cover performance August 2, 2025)
• Opera Bergen: Giulietta in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann
• Tour in Israel with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra: Rosalinde in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus (2025)
• Opera BURG GARS: Cio-Cio-San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly (2026)
• Tour in Israel with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra: Nedda and Santuzza in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana (October 2026)