Iryna Dats

Iryna Dats studied at Ukrainian National Academy of Music and National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit of the State Committee of Statistics of Ukraine. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. Employment is recorded with National Opera of Ukraine, Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts and National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit of the State Committee of Statistics of Ukraine. Distinctions recorded are People's Artist of Ukraine and Merited Artist of Ukraine.

• Name — Iryna Dats • Occupation — Theatre director, lyric-dramatic soprano • Known for — Soloist at the National Opera of Ukraine

Iryna Dats was born in Zhytomyr. In 1987, she graduated from the Kyiv State Conservatory (now the National Music Academy of Ukraine named after P. I. Tchaikovsky). In the same year, she joined the troupe of the National Opera of Ukraine, where she performed leading roles for a lyric-dramatic soprano. Her repertoire includes a wide range of opera roles, among them: Natalka Poltavka ("Natalka Poltavka" by M. Lysenko), Oksana ("Zaporozhets Beyond the Danube" by S. Hulak-Artemovsky), Anna Yaroslavna ("Anna Yaroslavna - Queen of France" by A. Rudnytsky), Odarka ("Kupalo" by A. Vakhnyanin), Oksana ("Boyarynya" by V. Kyreyko), Maryltzia ("Taras Bulba" by M. Lysenko), Parasia ("Sorochinsky Fair" by M. Mussorgsky), Tatyana ("Eugene Onegin" by P. Tchaikovsky), Yaroslavna ("Prince Igor" by A. Borodin), Donna Anna ("Don Giovanni" by W. A. Mozart), Nedda ("Pagliacci" by R. Leoncavallo), Mimi ("La Bohème" by G. Puccini), Leonora ("Il Trovatore" by G. Verdi), Santuzza ("Cavalleria Rusticana" by P. Mascagni), and Elsa ("Lohengrin" by R. Wagner). She has performed on stages in more than 30 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, and Kuwait.

Since 2001, she has taught at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, later working at the State Academy of Statistics, Accounting, and Auditing. In 2011, she received the title of Associate Professor, and in 2017, she became a Professor at the National Music Academy of Ukraine. In 2004, she graduated again from the National Music Academy of Ukraine with a degree in musical theater directing. Since 2011, she has been teaching musical theater directing and acting. Her directing work includes operas, concert programs, and literary-musical compositions performed at the National Opera of Ukraine, the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, and the Opera Studio of the National Music Academy of Ukraine. Some of her notable productions include "Rigoletto" by G. Verdi (2016) and "Nocturne" by M. Lysenko (2018). In 2019, she completed a master's degree in "International Management" at the National Academy of Statistics, Accounting, and Auditing.

After 2014, she faced difficulties at the National Opera of Ukraine due to forced downtime. In 2017, she was dismissed in accordance with Law No. 955-VIII while on medical leave, which led to legal proceedings.