| Vladislav SulimskyBaritoneBorn in the city of Molodechno, Minsk Region (Belarus). In 1996, he completed his studies at the Molodechno Music College. In 1997 he enrolled at the Belorussian Academy of Music. He also studied at the Saint-Petersburg State Rimsky Korsakov Conservatoire. Has studied in Milan since October 2004 (under Professor R. Metre). He has taken part in master classes given by Yelena Obraztsova, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Vladimir Atlantov, Dennis O’Neal and Renata Scotto.
From 2000-04, he was a soloist with the Mariynsky Theatre Academy of Young Singers.
Since 2004, he has been a soloist with the Mariynsky Theatre where he appears in the following roles: Pastor (Khovanshchina) Title role (Eugene Onegin) Ibn-Hakia (Iolanta) Kovalyov (Shchostakovich's The Nose) Rodrigo di Posa (Don Carlo) Title role (Gianni Schicchi) Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas) Prince Yeletsky (The Queen of Spades) Afron (The Golden Cockerel) Ferdinand, Father Chartreuse (Prokofiev's Betrothal in the Monastery) Silvio (Pagliacci) The Duke (Rakhmaninov’s The Miserly Knight) The Village-Head (Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve) Pantalone (The Love for Three Oranges) Alyosha (Smelkov’s The Brothers Karamazov) Georges Germont (La Traviata) Prince Yamadori, Sharpless (Madama Butterfly)
His repertoire also includes: Andrei Bolkonsky (Prokofiev's War and Peace) Lord Henry Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor) Ford (Falstaff) the baritone part in Orff’s Carmina Burana
He has appeared in concert programs with Larisa Gergieva in Paris, London, Boston, Bombay, Rome, Helsinki. Has toured with the Mariynsky Opera Company to the USA, Japan, England, Finland, France. In 2007, he sang two concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen. In 2009, he appeared as Yeletsky at Teatro Regio di Torino.
Awards
Diploma-winner at the Moniuszko International Competition (Warsaw, 2001), the Rimsky-Korsakov Competition (St Petersburg, 2002) and the Lisitsian Competition (Vladikavkaz, 2003). Prize-winner at the International Yelena Obraztsova Competition (Moscow, 2006). | |