The Teatro alla Scala has announced a cast change for Tchaikovsky’s “Pique Dame” on March 15.

The company noted that Ukrainian mezzo Olga Syniakova will sing the role of Polina replacing Elena Maximova.

Syniakova is a  Grand Prix and Audience Choice Winner of the VIII Concurso Internacional de Canto Alfredo Kraus and a II Prize Winner of the Tenor Vinas Competition. She has performed at teh Opera Oviedo, Opera Clermont Ferrand, and is set to make debuts at the Opera de las Palmas, Seattle Opera, Teatro Real de Madrid, and Royal Danish Opera.

She joins a cast that includes Asmik Grigorian, Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Roman Burdenko, Alexey Markov, and Julia Gertseva. Timur Zangiev conducts the production by Matthias Hartmann.