Solo Semble
Chamber Opera Orchestra

A new classical bridge

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Daria Bardash

Soprano

Daria Bardash is a unique dramatic coloratura soprano. At a young age her extraordinary vocal range already captivated the audience’s attention on the most prominent opera theatres in Ukraine. Her specialization includes classical and modern Ukrainian art songs, operas, as well as virtuoso arias from world classics such as Mozart’s “Queen of the Night”. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, she has been living in Berlin. Here, she actively participates in benefit concerts, in which she defends her homeland’s cultural integrity. The unique combination of virtuosity, charming gestures and acting – makes her a highlight to every performance. In 2023 she made her debut as a soloist within a performance of “The Creation” by Joseph Haydn at Berlin Philharmony.

Roman Poboinyi

Tenor

Roman Poboinyi is a Ukrainian tenor with extensive stage experience. He has performed leading roles in operatic productions, including Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi), the Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Tamino (The Magic Flute), Rosillon (The Merry Widow), Alfredo (La Traviata), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), and more. In contemporary operas, he has portrayed roles such as the Magician (The Consul) and the Visitor (In the Penal Colony). His concert repertoire includes tenor parts in Orff’s “Carmina Burana”, Bruckner’s “Te Deum”, Gounod’s “Messe solennelle”, Martin’s “In terra pax”, and Schubert’s “Schwanengesang”. Since October 2024, he has been a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble as a principal tenor.

Vadym Bardash

Lyric Baritone
Vadym Bardash is a lyric baritone who has won several international competitions. He has performed this role in the most famous classical stages of Ukraine: Mykola, the protagonist of the opera Natalka Poltavka by Mykola Lysenko. Shonara in Giacomo Puccini’s opera La bohème, the Sultan in Gulak Artemovsky’s opera Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube, and the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Before Russia’s attack on Ukraine, he was a soloist at the Kyiv National Operetta Theatre. Since his arrival in Berlin, he and his partner Daria Bardash have regularly initiated charity concerts in support of Ukraine and the defence of its cultural integrity.

Biography

“Solo Semble” is a Berlin-based classical encounter project founded in 2022.
It unites two emerging Ukrainian opera singers and a string ensemble consisting of international professional classical-taught musicians.
“Solo Semble” – is also the first and only ensemble of its cast in Germany, in which Ukrainian and foreign vocalists and instrumentalists promote the uniqueness of Ukrainian
opera and, in particular, western Ukrainian music culture from the 18th century to present. Apart from that, they interpret worldwide known opera classics as well
as international vocal works barely known on bigger stages, and show extraordinary cosmopolitanism and artistic flexibility. Since many of the ensemble’s musicians are refugees
from warfare countries they also initiate welfare events intended to provide humanitarian help to people still living in affected areas.

Repertuar

Thanks to the Ukrainian heritage of its soloists, the repertoire of “Solo Semble” features a rich collection of instrumental works, operatic arias, and individual orchestral art songs by Ukrainian composers spanning from the classical period to the present day. This includes the works of Maksym Berezovsky (1745–1777), Dmytro Bortniansky (1751–1821), Denys Bonkovsky (1816–1881), Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912), Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky (1909–1983), Mykhailo Zherbin (1911–2004), Dezideriy Zador (1912–1985), Oleksandr Doskalov (1912–1989), Myroslav Skoryk (1938–2020), and many others. These vocal pieces, almost devoid of overt dramatism, are imbued with a bittersweet sense of nostalgia, love, and faith, portraying the lives of ordinary people. They beautifully reflect the (musical) identity and history of Ukrainians as an independent nation.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”* – Victor Hugo

Having performed in the most renowned philharmonic halls, theaters, and opera houses across Ukraine and Europe, the members of “Solo Semble” present a strikingly multifaceted international opera program. Their awe-inspiring performances include operatic arias by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Bizet, Offenbach, Puccini, Mascagni, Lehár, Dvořák, and Verdi. Our soloists, Bardash, have proven to be exceptionally versatile artists who captivate audiences and guide them on an unforgettable journey from Ukraine to the world stage.