About us

VIA OPERA is a young, dynamic opera collective dedicated to creating innovative and contemporary opera productions. Our goal is to make opera accessible to a wider audience while preserving the tradition and quality of classical opera.Founded by a group of passionate artists, VIA OPERA unites talent, creativity and commitment to create exceptional musical experiences.

Founders

Alexandra MATLOKA

Sopran

Alexandra Matloka is a dramatic soprano from Normandy. She discovered opera through American tenor Bruce Brewer, with whom she began her vocal training in 2003.
She made her professional debut in 2012 in the chorus of the Dijon Opera and with Raphaël Pichon's Ensemble Pygmalion. She performed her first role as a soloist in 2013 at the Nancy Opera, where she sang Yvette in Puccini's "La Rondine" under the direction of José Cura. From 2014 to 2016, she trained particularly with baritone Bernd Weikl in Hamburg, and from 2019 onwards with soprano Linda Watson in Vienna. She also participated in masterclasses with Soile Isokoski, Krassimira Stoyanova and Siegfried Jerusalem.
Since her debut, Alexandra Matloka has been heard regularly at various concerts in France, Germany and Austria; notably, she sang the role of Mimi in Puccini's "La Bohème" 55 times in several Parisian theatres. Most recently in Vienna, she performed roles such as Nancy in Flotow's "Martha" and Prince Orlovsky in Johann Strauss's operetta "Die Fledermaus".
In 2023, Alexandra joined forces with pianist Hélène Jeanney to form a duo. Together they offer concerts featuring French, German and Italian songs from the 19th century, inviting audiences on a musical journey through the finest works of this repertoire.
In 2025, she founded the opera ensemble Via Opera in Vienna together with soprano Ellen Halikiopoulos, director Anna Borodina, and baritone Michael Pinsker. Their first project centred on Mozart's "La clemenza di Tito" will soon be presented to Viennese audiences.

Ellen HALIKIOPOULOS

Sopran

Ellen Halikiopoulos studied classical singing and piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Elisabeth Berry-Flechl, Annamaria Rott and Peter Barcaba. She particularly expresses her love for operetta on stage in a wide variety of operetta roles, following her completion of the operetta programme under Wolfgang Dosch at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK). Whether as Rosalinde in "Die Fledermaus", Countess Zedlau in "Wiener Blut", Hanna Glawari in F. Lehár's operetta "Die lustige Witwe" or the Electress in C. Zeller's "Der Vogelhändler". Most recently in Vienna, she was also seen in the two-person musical "Die Verführerin" by Paul Hertel. In addition to her teaching activities, she regularly performs on the concert stage as a vocal soloist with big bands, orchestras and bands. In her solo project, accompanied by pianist Sara Tahmasebi, she gave the world premiere of contemporary art song compositions by Peter Barcaba.

Anna BORODINA

Regisseurin

Anna Borodina was born in Western Siberia, Russia. She studied music theatre directing at the Russian University of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow with Prof. George Isaakyan and at the MDW in Vienna with Prof. Beverly Blankenship. In 2017, she won the Young Directors Competition at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg. In 2019, she was a finalist in Nano-opera, the international competition for young opera directors (TV Kultura / Helikon Opera Theatre, Moscow). In 2020, she worked as assistant director at the Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg.
Her own productions include numerous operas – "Così fan tutte" by W. A. Mozart (Musikverein, 2024), "Le nozze di Figaro" by W. A. Mozart and "Mondo Novo" by P. Richards (both VSMF, 2022), "Martha" by F. von Flotow, "Lucia di Lammermoor" by G. Donizetti, "Bastien und Bastienne" by W. A. Mozart, "Abu Hassan" by C. M. von Weber (all at Oper in der Krypta Vienna, 2017 – 2024), "Rita" by G. Donizetti (MDW, 2016); operettas – "Die Fledermausine" by J. Strauss, "Die Dollarprinzessin" by L. Fall, "Der fliegende Rittmeister" by H. Dostal, "Der Vogelhändler" by C. Zeller, "Die Fledermaus" by J. Strauss (all with Ensemble Operattee, 2019 – 2024); concerts and semi-staged projects – JET Theater an der Wien concerts (Wiener Kammeroper, 2018), "Le Carnaval des animaux" by C. Saint-Saëns (Mariinsky Theatre, 2018).

Michael PINSKER

Bariton

Michael Pinsker was born in Tübingen and now lives in Vienna. The baritone initially studied singing at the Conservatoire in Paris, where after his successful graduation he continued his studies with Malcolm King. Since then, he has expanded his wealth of experience through numerous masterclasses with KS Linda Watson, KS Franz Grundheber, KS Bernd Weikl, KS Helen Donath, KS Krassimira Stoyanova, Dame Felicity Lott, Alessandro Corbelli, Pietro Spagnoli, and Bruce Brewer.
In recent years, the artist has performed numerous roles from the operetta repertoire on stage, such as Prince of Ypsheim-Gindelbach (Wiener Blut / Strauss), Baron Zeta (Die lustige Witwe / Lehár), Frosch, Frank, Blind, and Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus / Strauss), Senator Delaqua (Eine Nacht in Venedig / Strauss), Würmchen and Schneck (Der Vogelhändler / Zeller), and Jupiter (Orphée aux Enfers / Offenbach). In the opera repertoire, he has portrayed roles including Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro / Mozart), Escamillo (Carmen / Bizet), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor / Donizetti), Le Marquis de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites / Poulenc), Colline (La Bohème / Puccini), Angelotti (Tosca / Puccini), and Zurga (Les Pêcheurs des Perles / Bizet). Michael Pinsker is also active as a concert singer, performing in the Requiems of Fauré, Brahms and Mozart, Dvořák's Stabat Mater, Handel's Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Bach's St John Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Puccini's Messa di Gloria, Mendelssohn's Die erste Walpurgisnacht, and Schumann's Mass in C minor. He can also regularly be heard in song recitals; notably with his favourite cycle Winterreise (Schubert), and in the French repertoire with Ravel's Mélodies (Chansons madécasses, Histoires naturelles).