Ilya Bannik

Imperially slim 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 Chatlet Opera Paris.

He successfully made his debut for the Paris Opera (Salomé and Idomeneo) last season 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)

Ilya will make his debut for the Glyndebourne Festival (Macbeth) at the beginning of next season and has future engagements amongst others with the Valencia Opera House (Betrothal in a Monastery and Rheingold) and the Opera National de Lille (Rigoletto).

Recently, 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.

Future contracts include “War and Peace” with Canadian Opera; “Idoemeno” Bastille (Paris); “Faust” Den Norske Opera; Gremin “Eugene Onegin” Antwerp, Belgium and Sarastro “Die Zauberflöte” with Seattle Opera.

Mr. Bannik will appear as Doner “Das Rheingold”, conducted by Maestro Zubin Metha; DVD filmed in Valencia – issue date 2010.

Recordings

Le Coq d’Or, conducted by Maestro Kent Nagano (Chatlet Opera).

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