Victoria Karkacheva

Victoria Karkacheva Mezzo-soprano

Biography

Born in the Volgograd region, Victoria Karkacheva graduated from the Popov Academy of Choral Singing in 2015. She won First Prize and the Birgit Nilsson Prize at the Operalia Plácido Domingo Competition in 2021 and was the winner of the Viñas Competition in 2020.

Among her recent engagements are Charlotte (Werther) in Milan; Olga (Eugene Onegin) in Barcelona; Polina (The Queen of Spades) and Hélène (War and Peace) in Munich; and Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle) in Lyon. In concert, she has performed Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in San Sebastián, Iolanta with Kirill Petrenko in Baden-Baden, Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in Barcelona, and with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

During the 2025–2026 season, she will perform as Venus (Tannhäuser) in Geneva; Nicklausse / the Muse (The Tales of Hoffmann) in Lyon; the title role in Carmen in Vienna; Maddalena (Rigoletto) at the Philharmonie de Paris; Charlotte in Toronto; Marguerite (The Damnation of Faust) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; and Judith in Cologne.

Debut at the Paris Opera

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