Evgeny Nikitin, bajo

Evgeny Nikitin, bajo

Hailing from North Russia, Nikitin entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory in 1992.Combining his studies with his first solo engagement at the famed Mariinsky, he was soon invited to major theatres and festivals through Europe, the Americas and Asia.

2002 marked his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in War and Peace and his returns to New York include Colline/ La Bohème, Pogner /Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Fasolt /Das Rheingold, Orest /Elektra, der Wanderer /Siegfried, Rangoni /Boris Godunov, Klingosr /Parsifal.

Mr. Nikitin made his Parisian debut at the Theatre du Châtelet in the title role of Rubinstein’s The Demon and returned in 2005 to sing the title role of Boris Godunov. Recent roles at the Paris Opera include Jochanaan, Klingsor, Tomski /Pique Dame, Gunther /Götterdämmerung and the title role of Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero.

He made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 2008 as Jochanaan /Salome and was reinvited for Klingsor and Telramund /Lohengrin. This season he sings Der fliegende Holländer and appears in a major new production in 2016. Other recent engagements include Der fliegende Holländer in Baden Baden (Gergiev), Toronto Leipzig and Tokyo; Amfortas /Parsifal in Berlin and Valencia (Maazel), Pizzaro / Fidelio in Valencia, Boris Godunov in Nice and in an acclaimed production at the Mariinsky. Major festival appearances include Fasolt (Rattle) in Aix en Provence, der Wanderer at the BBC Proms (Eschenbach), Ibn Hakia / Iolanta in Salzburg, Jochanaan in Verbier, where he returns this season for Pizzaro (Fidelio).

Concert performances include Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death at the Schleswig Holstein Festival and the Berlin Philharmonic, Mahler’s 8th Symphony with the LSO, Rubinstein’s The Demon at the Barbican, Verdi’s Requiem with the National Symphony Orchestra Washington.

Mr. Nikitin returns home to the Mariinsky theatre to sing Boris Godunov, Filippo /Don Carlo, Holländer, Amfortas, Wotan /Das Rheingold, The Wanderer , Don Giovanni… Last season saw him as Rangoni in Madrid, Telramund in Munich, Klingsor at the MET and Gunther in Paris. Highlights of this season include returns to the Paris Opera as Orest and to Munich as Holländer as well as his debut at the Liceu Barcelona for Il Prigioniero, in Zurich as Jochanaan and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the same role.

His recordings include Amfortas / Parsifal with the Mariinsky/Gergiev and the Berlin Radio Symphony/Janowski as well Rangoni / Boris Godunov and Remeniuk /Semyon Kotko for Philips Classics Cinema and DVD appearances include Parisfal and Boris Godunov at the MET, Boris Godunov at the Mariinsky, Lohengrin at the Bayerische Staatsoper…