The Austrian-Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Olga Levtcheva has appeared on stage in a wide range of operatic roles, including Olga in Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), the Drummer in Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Ullmann), Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Mozart), the Baker in Rossegger (D. Vereno), and Trydo in Der König Kandaules (Zemlinsky).
She made her debut at the Salzburg State Theater in 2020 as Marthe Schwerdtlein in Faust (Gounod), where she also performed the role of the Fairy in Alma Deutscher’s Cinderella in 2021. In 2022, she appeared as Clotilde in Norma (Bellini) at the Immling Festival, returning the following year as Tisbe in Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
Her repertoire further includes roles such as the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss), Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette (Gounod), and Nicklausse in Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach). In addition to her operatic work, she has appeared as a soloist, including in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with Cantorey Salzburg in 2023.
Olga Levtcheva completed her Master’s degree in Vocal Performance at the Mozarteum University Salzburg in June 2025, studying with John Thomasson and specializing in Lied performance with Thérèse Lindquist. Prior to her studies at the Mozarteum, she trained privately in Vienna with the Bulgarian soprano Milkana Nikolova.
Alongside her performing career, she is deeply committed to vocal pedagogy. Since March 2026, she has been a lecturer in voice at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. She also serves as a board member (treasurer) of the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA-Austria), where she contributes to the planning and organization of conferences and professional development programs.
Since 2025, she has been teaching voice at the Musikum in Zell am See and working as a vocal coach at the Bach Choir Salzburg’s Choral Academy. Her pedagogical activities further include positions as a vocal coach at Salzburg College and as a voice trainer with the Liturgical Consort Saalfelden.
From 2022 to 2025, she taught at the Music School Tirol, where she worked with students of all ages and initiated a variety of artistic and educational projects, including co-founding a children’s choir, organizing themed concerts, and leading choral workshops. She also successfully prepared students for competitions such as Prima la Musica.
She gained early conducting experience as director of the Siezenheim church choir (2019–2020). Since 2019, she has also been active as a freelance artist and educator, organizing concerts and summer masterclasses through her initiative “Olga’s Musikzimmer.”