Aleksei Tanovitsky (Bass)
• Prize-winner at the IV International Vocalists'
Competition in Shizuoka (Japan, 2005) • Prize-winner at
the III International Vocalists' Competition in Ningpo (China,
2005) • Prize-winner at the International Elena Obraztsova
Competition (1999, 2005) • Prize-winner at the
International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers' Competition
(St Petersburg, 2003)
Alexei Tanovitsky was born in Minsk. He graduated from the St Petersburg
State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire. He has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre
since 1999.
Roles performed at the Mariinsky Theatre
include: Farlaf (Ruslan and Lyudmila) Prince Galitsky,
Khan Konchak (Prince Igor) Boris Godunov, Varlaam (Boris
Godunov) Ivan Khovansky (Khovanshchina) Kochubei
(Mazepa) Mamyrov (The Enchantress) René
(Iolanta) Ivan the Terrible (The Maid of Pskov) The
Head (May Night) Father Frost (The Snow Maiden) Viking
Merchant (Sadko) Tsar Saltan (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Burundai (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden
Fevronia) Tsar Dodon (The Golden Cockerel) Greon
(Oedipus Rex) King of Clubs (Love for Three Oranges)
The Inquisitor (The Fiery Angel) Remenyuk (Semyon
Kotko) Ivan Yakovlevich (The Nose) Grand Inquisitor
(The Brothers Karamazov) Don Prudenzio (Il viaggio a
Reims) Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor) Zaccaria
(Nabucco) Sparafucile (Rigoletto) Padre Guardiano
(La forza del destino) Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo)
Colline (La boheme) Timur (Turandot) Giacomo
Balducci (Benvenuto Cellini in concert) Abimélech (Samson et
Dalila) Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni) Don Alfonso
(Così fan tutte) Sarastro (Die Zauberflöe) Daland
(Der Fliegende Hollander) Wotan (Das Rheingold, Die Walkure,
Siegfried) Hagen (Gotterdämmerung) Titurel
(Parsifal)
The singer's repertoire also includes the roles of Pimen (Boris
Godunov), Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Kudma (The
Enchantress), General (The Gambler), Boris Timofeyevich (Lady
Macbeth of Mtsensk), Don Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Banco
(Macbeth), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra in concert), Filippo
II, Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo).
Alexei Tanovitsky's concert repertoire includes the bass roles in Verdi's
Requiem, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Shostakovich's Fourteenth Symphony.
Alexei Tanovitsky has toured with the Mariinsky Opera Company to Italy (La
Scala), the UK (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), France (Théâtre du Châtelet,
Opéra Bastille), Spain (Teatro Real), Portugal (the São Carlos), Finland (Turku,
Helsinki, Mikkeli Festival), Japan (Suntory Hall, Bunka Kaikan), Germany
(Baden-Baden Festival), Austria (Salzburg Festival), the Netherlands (Diaghilev
Festival), the USA (Metropolitan Opera), Korea and China.
Alexei Tanovitsky frequently performs at the Moscow Easter Festival, where he
has participated in international productions. Roles Alexei Tanovitsky has
performed outside Russia include Banco (Macbeth, Budapest National
Opera, 2002, 2004), Le Cardinal de Brogni (La Juive, Budapest National
Opera (2004), King of Clubs (Love for Three Oranges, Luxemburg National
Opera, 2005, Aix-en-Provence Festival, France, 2005, and the Teatro Real in
Madrid, 2006), Zaccaria (Nabucco, Croatian National Opera, Zagreb,
2006), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Croatian National Opera, Zagreb,
2006), Boris Timofeyevich (Katerina Ismailova, Théâtre du Châtelet,
Paris, 2007) and Varlaam (Boris Godunov, Hollуwоod Bowl, Los Angeles,
2007).
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