Yankovskaya gives "promising and gratifying" debut with Chicago Opera Theater's "
"Under the baton of Lidiya Yankovskaya, the new COT’s Music Director (the only woman to hold that position in a Top-50 opera company in...
In Review: opera News lauds Velasco, Yankovskaya for Spoleto Festival USA "Pia de' Tolomei&
"Cassandra Zoe Velasco’s hefty mezzo, which made Rodrigo a formidable, potent presence. . . Spoleto’s pick-up orchestra, augmented in Pia...
In Review: Velasco and Yankovskaya in Spoleto Festival USA's "Pia de' Tolomei"
"Cassandra Zoe Velasco, playing Pia’s brother Rodrigo, was stunning. Her voice is not unlike the great Maria Callas, with the familiar...
The "excellent" Yankovskaya leads Island City Opera’s Rimsky-Korsakov Double-Bill
"The latter, by the way, was the conductor for both Rimsky-Korsakov operas. She comes to the Bay Area from the Chicago Opera Theatre,...
In Review: Yankovskaya, Guarrine, and Mayes impress in "Rev 23" with White Snake Projects
"The evening was marked by many fine performances. Lidiya Yankovskaya led a fully committed pit orchestra that met the challenges of...
Lidiya Yankovskaya is named Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago Opera Theater has appointed Lidiya Yankovskaya as its music director, effective immediately. She will work with COT general...
Feature Article on Yankovskaya's "Juventas" ensemble: THE BODY POLITIC -- Ovid Meets
"On Wednesday the United States Justice Department warned North Carolina that its House Bill 2 violated civil rights laws, stymying...
Newsweek does feature on Lidiya Yankovskaya and the Refugee Orchestra Project
"When she was growing up in St. Petersburg, Russia in the early 1990s, Lidiya Yankovskaya would see large demonstrations while on her way...