Yunona Tabala is a Russian-American lyric-coloratura based in Boston, MA. A strong believer in the healing powers of music and storytelling, Yunona is dedicated to sharing these gifts with audiences through opera and recital performances. 
      Last season, she enjoyed collaborating with such companies as West End Lyric (L'Amico Fritz as the cover Caterina) and Florida Opera Zarzuella (L'Elisir D'Amore as the cover of Adina). Yunona also had the honor of playing the role of Lady Giovanna during the world premiere of a one-act of chamber opera The Falcon by Robert Rogler in September of 2024. In the Spring 2025, she is looking forward to performing with greater Worcester Opera as chorus member and Violetta cover in La Traviata. 
      In June 2024, she participated in the curation and presentation of a lecture recital dedicated to lives and art song heritage of the Garcia sisters: Pauline Viardot and Maria Malibran. 
      Yunona is serving as a soprano soloist and section leader at First Parish in Lexington Unitarian Universalist, where she frequently performs excerpts from treasured oratorio repertoire, including Mozart's Requirem, Handel's Messiah and Beethoven's Mass in C. It is with great anticipation that she is looking forward to taking part in the Peace concert in May 2025. 
     A committed educator, she serves on the faculty of New School of Music in Cambridge in addition to running her own private teaching studio in Watertown, MA. She enjoys working with youth and is currently associate music directing The Wizard of Oz with Arlington Children's Theater and music directing Freaky Friday, Jr. with Belmont Middle School. Yunona is an advocate for music education in public schools and is an active member of nonprofit Friends of Watertown Music, Inc.