Soprano Inna Dukach has been praised for “an immediately appealing, youthfully rich and velvety voice.”
She made her Metropolitan Opera Debut in 2018, and has sung acclaimed performances at the Royal Opera House, New York City Opera, Opera Hong Kong, San Diego Opera, Opera Carolina, Opera Colorado, Opéra Lyra Ottawa and the Caramoor Festival, among many others.
Inna is also an acclaimed concert artist and recitalist, making debuts at Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, The Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Hartford Symphony. Inna performs in recital regularly, and brings a unique voice to the Russian repertoire.
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Soprano Inna Dukach was born on a brisk, February morning in Moscow during the iciest part of the Cold War. In 1979 she and her family emigrated to Texas, where their thick Russian accents made them instantly popular. She quit piano lessons after two years because her piano teacher was mean, and because her older, less musical brother learned to play Beethoven’s Für Elise first, a fact which he lorded over her.
When she was 15, Inna's family moved to New York City where, as a high school sophomore, she played Mabel in Pirates of Penzance and became instantly popular. After earning a Psych degree from Smith College she took a proper NYC desk job, where she created a few websites on the fledgling “internet” but mostly browsed dating sites. She worked her way through Mannes College for a Masters in Voice and — under the guidance of the brilliant teacher Arthur Levy — she learned to sing.
Her love of classical music was both genetically predetermined and nurtured through the years. Inna has sung lead soprano roles in many fancy and wonderful places —The Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Opera Hong Kong, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Croatian National Opera, Israeli Opera, Savonlinna Opera Festival, New York City Opera, Opera Colorado, San Diego Opera, Florentine Opera, Nashville Opera, Kentucky Opera, Atlanta Opera Anchorage Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, New Orleans Opera, Opera Carolina and Virginia Opera — but has yet to appear on Law & Order.
Her favorite roles include Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly (at the Met, no less), Antonia/Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffman, Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Violetta in La traviata, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Nedda in Pagliacci, Mimì in La bohème, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, and the thankless, daily role of mother to a teenager.
Most recently, Inna collaborated with the Russian Chamber Arts Society in a concert versio of Alekko, recorded the role of Ina in Opera Colorado’s world premiere of Steal a Pencil for Me, performed a series of concerts with tenor Richard Troxell, performed songs of Thomas Cabaniss with Bare Opera at the Chelsea Factory, released a recording of never before performed songs of Alexander Tcherepnin with Toccata Classics, and through sheer force of will finally learned to do 10 pushups.
During the pandemic, when singing engagements mysteriously vanished, Inna completed her degree and licensing requirements to become a licensed mental health counselor in NY State, and she enjoys a thriving practice as a therapist in Manhattan. She remains instantly popular.
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As Mimí
"What a cold little hand, but what warm tones...Inna Dukach was a Mimì capable of singing that was so artless as to be understated, with warm corners to a voice that moved smoothly up and down the staff and was enlisted in the service of the acting."- The New York Times (Anne Midgette)
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As Cio-Cio San
“Madama Butterfly has the delicate, exquisite beauty of a finely crafted figurine, and Dukach captures the opera’s very soul with a rendering of Cio Cio San that draws us into the character’s intrinsic pathos with her every facial expression and gesture.” -Pensacola News Journal
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As Musetta
"It was, however, Inna Dukach's portrayal of Musetta that stole the show. She earned mid-aria applause with a spell binding pianissimo in act 2, and even managed to inject some humanity into the usually shallow man-eater.” -MusicOMH.com (Stephen Crowe)
