“The Tosca of Ilona Domnich is a real revelation. Dramatically flamboyant, vocally volcanic but using an admirably mastered musicality, phrasing with emotion the famous, and awaited, prayer of the second act, she is a Tosca worthy of the best stages. A true dramatic soprano, she shows incredible power against Scarpia.” Classic Toulouse, 2022

Ilona Domnich is a lyric soprano, described by Opera Now as “A memorable voice of silken beauty with a luminous edge to the tone, a sensitive musician and an actress of magnetic presence” and was chosen by Opera Now as one of the magazine’s Top 10 high flyers, “a new generation of sopranos who are having impressive careers”. She was highlighted as “artist of the month” in Opera magazine and is the Daily Telegraph’s choice of “best British-based talent”.

Born in St. Petersburg, raised in Israel and a Londoner since 2000, Ilona first came to the attention of legendary singing teacher Vera Rosza during a masterclass in Jerusalem. She went on to win the prestigious Wingate Scholarship to study with Rosza at the Royal College of Music, and since those early days has gained a formidable international reputation for daring and excellence on stage. Currently working with Tony Manoli in New York, Ilona’s other teachers and mentors have included Montserrat Caballe (with whom she worked extensively in Barcelona), Thomas Helmsley, Enid Hartle, Janis Kelly, Joan Rodgers, Ludmilla Andrew, Donald Maxwell, Anthony Legge and Catherine Wyn-Rogers.

Ilona Domnich has sung major operatic roles with English National Opera, BBC Concert Orchestra, Grange Park Opera, Buxton Opera Festival and English Touring Opera. Festival appearances include Festival de Musique de Menton, Trasimeno Music Festival and Anghiari in Italy, Chopin Festival in Mallorca, Aldeburgh International Festival, London Song Festival, Solent Music Festival, Chelsea Schubert Festival, North Norfolk and the Jersey International Festival as well as the Perth, Rye, Mayfield and Newbury Spring festivals. In London, she has appeared in concert at all the major venues, working with the Philharmonia, RPO, BBCCO and other orchestras, and has sung in Paris, Rome, St. Petersburg, Tapiola, Jerusalem, Dubai, Menton, Segura, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Beirut.

With conductor Martin Yates, Ilona has had numerous exciting collaborations performing and recording (for Dutton Vocalion) with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The works include the scores to ‘Scott of the Antarctic’ by R. Vaughan Williams, ‘Rout’ by Sir Arthur Bliss, ‘The Mystic Trumpeter’ by Gustav Holst, ‘The Future’ by R. Vaughan Williams.

Other fruitful collaborations include Simon Over/Southbank Sinfonia (now Sinfonia Smith Square), with whom she sang Poulenc’s Gloria at Notre Dame de Paris and Brahms’ Requiem at Westminster Cathedral, as well as her opera recital CD ‘Surrender’ together with baritone Leo Nucci, available on Signum Classics. With the orchestra of St. Johns under the baton of John Lubbock OBE, she has performed a wide range of repertoire, from the early Baroque to Richard Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, as well as scenes from Onegin and La Traviata.
Ilona Domnich is also featured on the Toccata Classics label in songs with orchestra by Michael Csanyi-Wills, on OSJ Alive in Faure songs, on FHR in chamber works by Shostakovich, on Quartz in ‘Le Secret – Love Songs and Arias’ and on Naxos in the world premiere recording of Timothy Hamilton’s Requiem.

Ilona’s latest creation is a video ‘The Hope – Hatikvah’, a unique arrangement by Charles Mutter, this music video is to inspire hope and peace in these difficult times.

Another string to Ilona’s bow is ‘Voice Coaching for Leaders’, since 2018 Ilona has been coaching high achieving executive directors, men and women entrepreneurs in senior positions.

Ilona’s latest operatic role was Tosca. She has been touring UK, Chanel Islands, France and South Africa ‘…The Tosca of Ilona Domnich is a real revelation. Dramatically flamboyant, vocally volcanic but using an admirably mastered musicality, phrasing with emotion the famous, and awaited, prayer of the second act, she is a Floria Tosca worthy of the best stages. A true dramatic soprano, she shows incredible power against Scarpia.’ Classic Toulouse