Irena Lysiuk is a versatile operatic soprano, music theatre and pop singer. Since graduating from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University majoring in Classical Voice, Irena has worked extensively with companies Opera Queensland (OQ), Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) and The Little Red Company.

In 2022, Irena made her debut with QTC as the lead role of Rose in their musical The Sunshine Club, written and directed by Wesley Enoch. In 2024, Irena was a swing on Round The Twist The Musical produced by QTC and Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC).

Irena has also worked with Brisbane favourite The Little Red Company in their live stage shows Christmas Actually (2020-2025), There’s Something About Music (2021, 2023), Your Song (2021, 2022, 2026) and Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves (2022, 2023). In 2023, Irena helped develop Opera Queensland’s Lady Sings the Maroons and country music / opera show Are You Lonesome Tonight in 2021. Also in 2023, Irena sang the soprano role in Derek Deane’s Strictly Gershwin with Queensland Ballet and Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

Irena has performed in OQ’s mainstage QPAC productions as Barbarina in The Marriage of Figaro (2021) as well as ensemble roles in Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore (2017), Don Giovanni (2018), A Flowering Tree (2019), Tosca (2019) and Orpheus and Euridice with OQ and Circa (2019). Turning to musical theatre, Irena played Carmen in Sweet Charity at the Brisbane Powerhouse (2019) and Anne Egerman in the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra’s production of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (2018).