Roman Shulakov (Tenor)
Biography
In 2001, he completed his studies at the Gnesin
Russian Academy of Music (Professor Lisovsky`s class), and in 2003, - his
postgraduate studies at the academy. Since 2003, he has been a soloist with
the Novaya Opera Company.
Repertoire
His repertoire includes the following roles:
Lensky (Eugene Onegin) Lykov
(The Tsar`s Bride) Alfredo (La Traviata)
Tamino (Die Zauberflote) Shuisky, the
Pretender (Boris Godunov) Bayan
(Ruslan and Lyudmila) Spirit, Sailor (Dido and
Aeneas) Nemorino (L`Elisir d’Amore)
Orff’s Carmina Burana, Verdi’s Requiem; and the vocal cycles:
Liederkreis, Dichterliebe by Schumann, Farewell to St.
Petersburg by Glinka
He also gives concert performances of chamber
music and appears with the Orchestra of Folk Instruments, led by N.N. Nekrasov.
He participated in the Opera per Barrias International Festival
(Sevilla, Spain) and in the Evgeny Kolobov Festival Transfiguration
(Yaroslavl, Russia). In 2007, he sang the tenor part in Rakhmaninov`s
Bells in Denmark (Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Alexander Vedernikov). In 2008, he sang Lensky at the premiere performances of
Eugene Onegin in Stuttgart State Theatre, performed Alfredo in
Groningen (the Netherlands), and took part in a gala in memory of Luciano
Pavarotti at the Lincoln Center in New-York.
He made his debut at the
Bolshoi Theatre in 2005/06 season as Tamino (Die
Zauberfloete).
Also in repertoire at the
Bolshoi
Pang (Turandot)
Nihilist (The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
Lensky (Eugene Onegin)
Awards
Prize-winner at the All-Russian Bella
voce Competition for Singers. Prize-winner at the International Hans
Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition (3rd prize, Vienna,
2007). Prize-winner at the International Singing Competition of the
Strasbourg Music Festival (Grand Prix and Audience Prize, 2008).
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