A major find was Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein. … The voice has wonderful warmth lower down, the richness of tone in the middle and integration of the registers are most impressive. Undoubtedly a name to watch. www.operatraveller.com, 3 November 2024
In 2025, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein made her Glyndebourne Festival debut in Wagner’s Parsifal and will return for a new production of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos in 2026. The 2025/26 season awaits her performances in Wagner’s Ring cycle under the baton of Christian Thielemann and her first Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte conducted by Marc Minkowski at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin as well as a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal at Dresden’s Semperoper with Daniele Gatti on the podium.
In 2024, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein went on tour of Europe, singing Orlofsky in Strauß’ Die Fledermaus accompanied by Les Musiciens du Louvre under the baton of Marc Minkowski – with performances in Baden Baden, Sevilla, Valencia and at the 41° Festival International de Música de Canarias. In 2023, the mezzo-soprano performed Polina in Tchaikovsky’s Pikowaja dama at Semperoper Dresden and Theater Bremen. In 2024, she returned to Dresden’s Semperoper for Strauss’ Salome, and made her debut as Dido in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in 2025. In 2023 she has sung her first Hansel in a semi-staged performance of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel in Berlin’s Philharmonie. In 2025, she made her Glyndebourne Festival debut in a new production of Wagner’s Parsifal. As a member of Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden‘s International Opera Studio (2022 – 2024), Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein perfored Lesní žínky 3 in Dvořák’s Rusalka, Second Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Annina in Verdi’s La traviata. She made her Bregenzer Festival debut in Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri in 2022 and was a guest at Staatsoper Hannover during th 2021/22 season. She worked with directors including Brigitte Fassbaender and Kornél Mundruczó.
Since 2019, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein and pianist Maria Yulin have performed as a Lied-Duo, winning several international awards. In 2021, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein created “Liederwerk-statt” compositions at Kissinger Sommer International Music Festival accompanied by pianist Jan-Phillip Schulze.
In 2022, Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein was a guest at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, in 2023, she made her debut with Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Kirill Petrenko. She has performed with orchestras including Filharmonia Zielonogórska im. Tadeusza Bairda, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatskapelle Berlin, Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg as well as Talenti Vulcanici, and has sung under the baton of conductors including Howard Arman, Jonathan Brandini, Stefano Demicheli, Yoel Gamzou, Philippe Jordan, Antonello Manacorda, Marc Minkowski, Kirill Petrenko, Simon Rattle, Julien Salemkour, Speranza Scappucci, Giedre Šlekytė, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Robin Ticciati, Juraj Valčuha, and Stephan Zilias.
Young Artist Award: 15th International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti – 47th Innsbruck Festival of Early Music 2024
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Massenet: Werther
Charlotte: Qui m’aurait dit la place…
Live recording 2024
Mendelssohn: Elias
Chorus solo
Live recording 2023
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Rosina: Una voce pocco fa….
Live recording 2024
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Anastasio: Vedrò con mio diletto…
Live recording 2024
