Ilya Bannik

Young Russian bass Ilya Bannik is an emerging star at the Mariinsky Theatre and on the International Opera stage.  Mr. Bannik was a finalist in the Placido Domingo Operalia competition in (2000, 2002), prize winner of the Rimsky-Korsakov voice competition (1998, 2000), prize winner of the Maria Callas International Voice Competition in Parma, Italy (2000).  After the Callas competition, Mr. Bannik was invited to sing Ferrando in Il Trovatore at Teatro Regio, Parma.  Mr. Bannik has also sung principal roles at the Verdi Festival (Parma, Italy), Welsh National Opera, Teatro Carlo Felice (Genoa, Italy), and is regularly seen on the Mariinsky Theatre stage.
 
Highlights from Mr. Bannik's repertoire include Samuel Ballo in Maschera, Ferrando Il Trovatore, Banquo Macbetto, Oroveso Norma, Don Basilio Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mephistopheles La Damnation de Faust, Prince Gremin Eugene Onegin, Leporello Don Giovanni, and Colline La Boheme.  Future performances include Banquo Macbetto at the Glyndebourne Festival, and Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk Châtelet Opera Paris.

He successfully made his debut for the Paris Opera (Salomé and Idomeneo) as well as for the Valencia Opera House and the Teatro di Firenze (both Rheingold), Radio France (Katerina Ismailova – conducted by Tugan Sokhiev) and the Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse (Iolanta)

Mr. Bannik has sung  at the Glyndebourne Festival (Macbeth), the Valencia Opera House (Betrothal in a Monastery and Rheingold) and the Opera National de Lille (Rigoletto).

Mr. Bannik sang Post Officer in “Nose” with the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, London and Paris; “Betrothal in a Monastery” in Valencia; and Sparafucile “Rigoletto” in Lille, France.

Recent engagements include “War and Peace” with Canadian Opera; “Idomeneo” Bastille (Paris); “Faust” Den Norske Opera; Gremin “Eugene Onegin” Antwerp, Belgium and The Chinese Emperor “Le Rossignol” with Canadian Opera Company, and Aix en Provence.

In 2011, Mr. Bannik made his role and house debut as Sarastro “Die Zauberflöte” with Seattle Opera.  In future seasons he will sing Il Re “Aida” with Vancouver Opera 2012, reprise the Chinese Emperor “Le Rossignol” with De Nederlandse Opera, Gremin “Eugene Onegin” with Edmonton Opera, Polkan “Golden Cockerel” and Il Commendatore “Don Giovanni” with Den Nye Opera.

Mr. Bannik appeared as Doner “Das Rheingold”, conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta; DVD filmed in Valencia – issued in 2009. 

Recordings

Le Coq d’Or

Conducted by Maestro Kent Nagano (Châtelet Opera).

Das Rheingold

Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta

The Russian Album – Anna Netrebko

Guest appearance