Biography

Stella Motina is an internationally active operatic and concert soprano based in Hamburg, Germany. In the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons, she is engaged in an extensive range of opera and concert performances across Germany and other European countries, including appearances in leading concert halls and philharmonic venues, collaborating with a variety of orchestras and chamber ensembles.

 Recent highlights include her acclaimed concert debut at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg as well as her debut at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg in April 2025. Alongside her operatic career, Stella Motina maintains a strong focus on concert and recital repertoire, presenting carefully curated thematic programs throughout Europe.

 Born in Luhansk, Ukraine, Stella Motina received her first vocal training at an early age. She completed her professional studies at the prestigious Gnessin Academy in Moscow, graduating with distinction in 2011, and continued her education at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, where she earned a Master’s degree in Opera Performance with distinction under Prof. Dr. Peter Anton Ling.

 At the age of 23, she became a prizewinner and finalist of the Concorso Internazionale di Canto Maria Caniglia in Italy, which led to a scholarship at Teatro Comunale di Sulmona and a highly successful portrayal of Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte.

 Her operatic engagements have included appearances at major German and European theatres such as, the Lower Saxony State Theatre Hannover, Lucerne Theatre, Theatre Bremen, Theatre Kiel, Cottbus State Theatre, Tirolern State Theatre and Landestheater Linz. Her repertoire features roles such as Elisabetta (Don Carlos), Tatiana (Eugene Onegin), Maria (West Side Story), Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Musetta (La Bohème), Frasquita and Micaela (Carmen), First Lady (The Magic Flute) and Second Daughter (Lot- G.Battistelli, Uraufführung).

 Stella Motina has also collaborated closely with the internationally renowned Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus, participating in large-scale music theatre productions and performances.

 Since 2019, she has been working as a freelance opera and concert singer. In addition to her performance career, she has been teaching voice at the Young Music Academy Hamburg since 2020.

 Her debut solo album Dreams of My Soul, released in 2021, features songs by Edvard Grieg and Richard Strauss and reflects her artistic vision of expressing the emotional depth and diversity of the human soul through vocal colour and interpretation.

 Stella Motina performs regularly at international music festivals and concert series across Europe. She is fluent in German, Russian, English and Italian.