Vitaly Efanov
Bass

Biography

Born in Karaganda city of Kazakhstan on March 27, 1970, Vitaly Efanov graduated from the Karaganda Musical College in 1989 and later, from the Novosibirsk State Conservatoire. From his first year in the Conservatoire he was spotted as a gifted singer and received numerous engagements at the Novosibirsk State Opera; tours including in Spain, Portugal and Bulgaria. From 1994-2000 Vitaly Efanov was a soloist with Novosibirsk State Opera.  At present he is one of the leading singers of the Moscow New Opera Theatre.

Vitaly Efanov has participated in several international vocal competitions, receiving numerous awards and honors. He is the winner of international Vocal Contest in Kazakhstan in 1998.

He won the award The Success of the Year (1999) and The Philip Morris Debut� (2000) in Novosibirsk. In 2001 Vitaly Efanov has been awarded a prize at Hans Gabor Belvedere� (Austria).

During his professional career he has sung several opera festivals in Bulgaria (Varna 1999), Germany (Manheim 1993), touring in Spain (1999), Israel (2002), Portugal (1996, 1999) and Korea (Seoul 2005, 2006), appearing on the stages before the audiences of leading opera theatres like the Sorbonne Grand Amphitheatre in Paris, theatres in Karlsruhe and Manheim.

Vitaly Efanov has taken part and sung the leading roles in the productions conducted by well-known professionals like G. Rozhdestvensky, J. Simonov, E. Klas, E. Kolobov, A. Katz, V. Polyansky and others.

In March 2008, Mr. Efanov worked the renowned stage director Kasper Bech Holten on a new production of “Lohengrin” at Novaya Opera Moscow, Russia. 

In March-April 2008, Mr. Efanov covered the role of General in “The Gambler” at the Metropolitan Opera and also at the Metropolitan Opera he will cover Alvise “La Gioconda”, October 2008.

In January-February 2009, Mr. Efanov will cover James Morris as Gremin in the Metropolitan Opera production of “Eugene Onegin.”  Other future engagements include Pimen “Boris Godunov” with Dallas Opera and Sarastro “Die Zauberflöte” with Baltimore Opera.

Repertoire available upon request.