Evgeny Nikitin Bass-Baritone

Evgeny Nikitin was born in Murmansk in 1973 and entered the Saint Petersburg conservatory in 1992. Aged 23, he was engaged as a soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre. Today he sings in major theatres and festivals through Europe, the United States and Japan. 2002 marked his debut at the Metropolitan Opera House as Dolokhov (War and Peace). His returns to New York include Colline (La Bohème), Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg) and Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Oreste (Elektra).

He made his Parisian debut at the Theatre du Châtelet in the title role of Rubinstein's The Demon, followed by the title role in Boris Godunov. Recent engagements at the Paris National Opera include Jochanaan, (Salome), Klingsor (Parsifal) and the title role of Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero. Recent engagments include the title role in Der Fliegende Hollaender in Baden Baden, Leipzig and Toronto, Fasolt at 'Le Festival d'Aix-en-Provence' (Rattle); The Wanderer, Siegfried at the BBC Proms (Eschenbach); Amfortas, Parsifal in Valencia (Maazel). He made his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich in 2008 as Jochanaan and returned there as Klingsor and for a new production of Lohengrin. Recent concert performances include Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Seoul (Chung), Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death (Eschenbach), Mahler's 8th Symphony with the LSO, Verdi's Requiem with the National Symphony Orchestra Washington and Rubinstein's The Demon at the Barbican.

He maintains his relationship with the Mariinsky theatre, sings the leading bass-baritone there roles including Boris Godunov, Prince Igor, Ruslan, Filippo (Don Carlo), Prince Igor....

This season sees him at the Metropolitan as Rangoni in a new production of Boris Godunov. He will debut Telramund, Lohengrin at the Bayerische Staatsoper and sings the Title role in Boris at the Nice Opera. He returns to Valencia as Don Pizzaro, Fidelio (Mehta) and with sing Parsifal with the RSB, Berlin.

Evgeny Nikitin has recorded Rangoni (Boris Godunov) and Remeniuk (Semyon Kotko) both for Philips Classics and has recently recorded Amfortas (Parsifal) for future release with the Mariinsky Theatre.

Season 2010/11

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