Grigory Soloviov
GRIGORY SOLOVIOV
bass
He has graduated with honors from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2009 he has become the graduate of the Washington National Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist's program under Placido Domingo.During the years of study in Russia and United States of America, he was participating in master-classes of such outstanding artists as Evgeny Nesterenko, Vladimir Chernov, Catherine Malfitano and Ruggero Raimondi.
Grigory Soloviov – is the laureate and the finalist of many prestigious vocal international competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions in Washington, DC, the XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition, the Giulio Gari Foundation Competition, the Competition Opera Index and the Sullivan Foundation Competition.
He is fluent in English and Italian, and also in several other European languages. Even before his singing career began, Grigory, as a professional translator, has translated several books from English into Russian for one of the major Russian publishing houses.
He has been performing on the theatres' stages all around the world, among which there are Metropolitan Opera, Gran Teatro La Fenice, the Washington National Opera, Bolshoi Theatre, Opera theatre in Chicago, the Sarasota Opera, Helikon-opera, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Opéra National de Lyon, Opera Tour, Opéra De Montréal, the Palm Beach Opera, Connecticut Grand Opera, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, New Rome Opera Festival and the Ischia Opera Festival.
There are Philadelphia Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (USA), Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra among the orchestras, with which Grigory was cooperating.
In 2012 Grigory began the cooperation with “The planet of talents” foundation as a jury member of the international children and youth competitions.
From the 2016 Grigory is the soloist of the Moscow Musical Theatre “Helikon-opera”. On the Helikon-opera stage he impersonates such parts as Rasputin (“Rasputin” by J. Reise), Malyuta Skuratov (“The Tsar's Bride” by N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov), the Varangian Guest and Duda (“Sadko” by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov), Count Tomsky and Zlatogor (“The Queen Of Spades” by P.I. Tchaikovsky), Zaretsky and Company Commander (“Eugene Onegin” by P.I. Tchaikovsky), Timur and Mandarin (“Turandot” by G. Puccini), Aleko (“Aleko” by S. Rachmaninoff), Frank (“Die Fledermaus” by J. Strauss), Eskamilio (“Carmen” by G. Bizet), The Emperor (“The Nightingale” by I.F. Stravinsky), General Polkan (“The Golden Cockerel” by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov), King René (“Iolanta” by P.I. Tchaikovsky) etc.
I. Operatic roles, performed in productions of the Helikon-opera
Rasputin “Rasputin” J. Reise
Malyuta Skuratov “The Tsar's Bride” N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov
The Varangian Guest and Duda “Sadko” N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov
The Emcee “The Little Antiformalistic Paradise” D. D. Shostakovich
Zaretsky and Company Commander “Eugene Onegin” P.I. Tchaikovsky
Count Tomsky, Zlatogor and Surin “The Queen Of Spades” by P.I. Tchaikovsky
Timur and Mandarin “Turandot” G. Puccini
Frank “Die Fledermaus” J. Strauss
Der fliegende Holländer “www.nibelungopera.ru” R. Wagner
Salieri “Mozart and Salieri” N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov
Bass “Requiem” W. A. Mozart
Eskamilio, Zuniga “Carmen” G. Bizet
Priest and Old Convict “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” D. D. Shostakovich
The Emperor “The Nightingale” I.F. Stravinsky
Aleko “Aleko” S. Rachmaninoff
General Polkan “The Golden Cockerel” N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov
King René “Iolanta” P.I. Tchaikovsky
The King of Egypt, Ramfis “Aida” G. Verdi
Rangoni “Boris Godunov” M. P. Mussorgsky
Dottore Grenvil “La traviata” G. Verdi
Sarastro “Die Zauberflöte” W. A. Mozart
Commander, Monk "The Stone Guest" A. Dargomyzhsky
Cesare Angelotti, A Jailer “Tosca” G. Puccini
Pan Golova “Cherevichki” P. I. Tchaikovsky
Tom "Un ballo in maschera" G. Verdi