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Oleg Balashov
Tenor
“The tenor of Oleg Balashov’s clarion
voice and husky, youthful physique were ideal for Prince Vsevolod,” wrote
Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times in praise of
Oleg Balashov’s performance Invisible City of Kitezh at
the Metropolitan Opera 2005.
Educated at the Moscow State Conservatory in the name of Tchaikovsky,
tenor Oleg Balashov has been a State Soloist of the Mariinsky
Theatre since 1999. Mr. Balashov has sung principal roles with
the Mariinsky Theatre in the world’s leading
theatres: Metropolitan Opera (New York), Covent Garden (London), La Scala (Milan),
Teatro Real (Madrid) and Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris). Further
he has toured with the Mariinsky in Germany, Sweden, China, Japan, the United
States, the Netherlands and Belgium.
In the summer of 2005, Mr. Balashov won critical acclaim for his performances
of Andrei in Mazeppa at the Salzburg Opera Festival. Mr. Balashov repeats the
role of Andrei at the Metropolitan Opera in eight performances of Mazeppa March
2006, conducted by Valery Gergiev. On February 21, 2006, Mr. Balashov made his
American debut in the title role of Parsifal at Washington DC Opera with Valery
Gergiev.
Other roles essayed by Mr. Balashov include Don Carlo (Don Carlo),
Alfredo (La Traviata), Narraboth (Salome), Siegmund (Die Walküre),
Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Rodolfo (La Boheme) and Kuragin
(War and Peace). Mr. Balashov appears on a live recording of
War and Peace from Spoleto Festival 1999, conducted by Richard
Hickox.
Mr. Balashov opened the new Mariinsky Theatre season 2006-2007 as Andrei in Mazeppa,
staring Larissa Diadkova, Nicolai Putilin and conducted by Maestro Valery Gergiev.
In March 2007, Mr. Balashov sang Sergei in Lady Macbeth at Mtsensk at Canadian
Opera. During the summer of 2007, Mr. Balashov starred as Siegmund in “Die
Walküre” with the Kirov Opera at the Metropolitan Opera. In November
2007, Mr. Balashov sang the role of Anatole Kuragin “War and Peace” at
the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Maestro Valery Gergiev.
Future contracts include Anatole Kuragin “War and Peace” with Canadian
Opera, Lensky “Eugene Onegin” Vancouver Opera 2008 and the Pretender “Boris
Godunov” with Dallas Opera.
Recordings
Spoleto Festival Orchestra, conducted by Sir Richard Hickox
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