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Biography
The Ukrainian-American soprano Stefania Dovhan was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. At the age of five, Dovhan began taking piano lessons, and sang in the Youth Choir at the Kyiv State Conservatory. She began her formal vocal training in the USA at the Baltimore School for the Arts with Joice Hubbard. Miss Dovhan holds degrees from the University of Maryland College Park (Martha Randall - vocal coach) and the Augsburg Academy of Music in Germany (Jan Hammar - vocal coach).
Stefania Dovhan is a recipient of numerous Performing Arts Scholarships and awards: the winner of the local and regional National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions; the Gold Medalist in the year 2000 Rosa Ponselle “Young Classical Singers” competition; third prize winner in the International Vocal Competition for Operatic Artists “Puldin 2002” in Bulgaria.
In the summer 2002 Miss Dovhan participated in the University of Miami in Salzburg Program where she won the Leopoldskron Competition and participated in a masterclass with Thomas Hampson. During the 2002/2003 season Stefania Dovhan was engaged at the National Opera of Ukraine where she prepared the role of Violetta in Verdi’s “La Traviata.”
During the 2004/2005 season Dovhan was a member of the International Opera Studio in Nuremberg and since 2005 she has been engaged at the Theater Hagen, Germany, where she is critically acclaimed for such roles as Pamina in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote,” Nanetta in Verdi’s “Falstaff,” Olympia in Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” and others. Stefania Dovhan has been selected as “the most exciting and promising debut in the region” and critics are raving in unison about her “brilliant coloratura and powerful acting.”
In 2007 Stefania Dovhan won the first prize in the Emmerich Smola Competition – one of the highest prizes for young singers in Europe. In 2006 she was the finalist of both the Hans Gabor Belvedere, International Singing Competition in Vienna, Austria and the Alexander Girardi International Singing Competition in Coburg (Germany).
Miss Dovhan is an avid recitalist and has given solo recitals in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Salzburg (Austria), Augsburg (Germany), and Kyiv (Ukraine).
Roles
Theater Hagen 2005-present:
Adina in Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore
Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflote
Nanetta in Verdi’s Falstaff
Sonja in Lehar’s Der Zarewitsch
Olympia in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Max in Knussen’s Where the Wild Things Are
Manja in Kalaman’s Grafin Mariza
Soprano in Orff’’s Carmina Burana
Die Funfte Magd in Strauss’ Elektra
Poussette in Massenet’s Manon
Sangerin in Eggert’s Helle Nachte
Staatstheater Nurnberg 2004-2005:
Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme
Artemis in Gluck’s Iphigenie in Aulis
Amore in Gluck’s Orfeo & Euridice
Diamantine in Gluck’s Merlins Insel oder die verkehrte Welt
Contessa in Gassmann’s La Contessina
The University of Maryland Opera Workshop 2000-2002:
Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (fully opera production)
Queen Elizabeth in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarta (scenes)
Poppea in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea (scenes)
Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte (scenes)
Awards
Recipient of the Emmerich Smola Prize 2007, Germany
Finalist of the 2006 Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition, Austria
Finalist of the 2006 International Singing Competition Alexander Girardi, Germany
Second prize in the Lions Club Singing Competition in Augsburg, Germany 2005
Richard-Wagner-Scholarship for the Bayreuther Festspiele 2004
Finalist of the 2004 Ferruccio Tagliavini International Singing Competition in Deutschlandsberg, Austria. Joan Sutherland - president of the jury.
Winner of the 2002 Leopoldskron Competition in Salzburg, Austria.
Third Prize in the IMF International Vocal Competition for Operatic Artists 2002, Bulgaria.
Gold Medal winner in the Rosa Ponselle Young Classical Singers Competition 2000 . (USA)
First Prize in the National Association of Teachers of Singing competition, Mid-Atlantic region. 2000 (USA)
Recipient of the Maryland Distinguished Performing
Arts Scholarship. 1998 Baltimore, USA.
Recipient of the Baltimore School for the Arts Salutatorian Grant. 1998 (USA)
Recipient of the Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship (University of Maryland). 1998
Resume
Education / Employment
2005- present Theater Hagen, Germany
2004-2005 International Operastudio of Staatstheater Nuernberg, Germany.
2004-2006 Meisterklasse at the Academy of music Nuernberg-Augsburg.
2004-2006 Participant of the Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now
(Augsburg/Nurnberg/Wurzburg, Germany)
2002-2003 Apprenticeship at the National Opera of Ukraine in Kyiv.
2002 University of Miami School of Music in Salzburg (Austria) summer program.
1998-2002 University of Maryland College Park School of Music, Bachelor of Music/vocal (USA).
1995-1998 The Baltimore School for the Arts. Voice major, piano minor. (USA)
1985-1991 Ukrainian National Academy of Music Preparatory School.
Teachers / Coaches
2003-present: Jan Hammar (Hochschule fur Musik Nurnberg-Augsburg)
2002: Cynthia Hoffmann (Julliard School and Manhattan School of Music. New York, USA)
1998-2002: Martha Randall (University of Maryland College Park School of Music)
1999-2001: Igor Chichagov (New York, NY)
1999-2000: Michael Cordovana (Catholic University of America)
1995-1998: Joyce Hubbard (The Baltimore School for the Arts)
Special Skills
Thirteen years of professional piano training (1984-1997)
Foreign language proficiency: English, Ukrainian, Russian, German
Reviews
After the premiere of the Elixir of Love, the critics wrote:
Soprano Stefania Dovhan will certainly make a big career, she sang with such a radiant timbre and with such effortless tops, that not only Nemorino must have fallen in love with her.Monika Willer, Westfalen Post
March 19, 2007
Stefania Dovhan (Adina) with a great charm underwent a transformation from a capricious into a love-stricken, richly multi-faceted woman (character), all that have been reflected in her clear, beautiful soprano.Von Doro Kirchoff, Westfalisches Rundschau
March 19, 2007
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