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| Svetlov Mikhail | basso |
Celebrated Russian-American bass Mikhail Svetlov is known for the unique range and beauty of his voice as well as his outstanding acting ability. His voice has been described by the Washington Post as "
titanic, all encompassing, and penetrating. Nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for a recording of Stravinsky's LHistoire Du Soldat Suite, Mikhail Svetlov was the first Russian bass to ever perform the title roles of Don Giovanni and Der fliegende Holländer.
In 2006-07 Mr. Svetlov will reprise the role of Osmin in Miami, will sing Varlaam in Boris Godunov with the San Diego Opera, Ramfis in North Carolina, Méphistophélès in Faust in Auckland, New Zealand, and makes his Houston Symphony debut in Shostakovichs Micheangelo Sonnets under the baton of Hans Graf. In 2005-2006 Mr. Svetlov was heard as Osmin in Die Enführung aus dem Serail with the Atlanta Opera and with the Camerata Orchestra in New York, and Ramfis in Aida with Opera Columbus. He closed the season in Mexico City with more Osmins, and Beethovens Missa Solemnis with the OFUNAM symphony orchestra.
Most recent seasons have brought Mr. Svetlov to the Greater Miami Opera as both Boris Godunov and Varlaam, Palm Beach as Méphistophélès in Faust, Opera Carolina as Banquo in Macbeth, Baltimore as Giorgio in I Puritani. Mr. Svetlov has appeared with New York City Opera as the title role in Verdi's Attila, Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Colline in La Bohème, Banquo in a new production of Macbeth and Lorenz in the United States premiere of Mathis der Maler. A regular guest of the Houston Grand Opera, Mr. Svetlov has been heard in that house as Mephistopheles in Faust, Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Dikoy in Katya Kabanova, which he repeated for lOpera de Montreal.
Mr. Svetlovs European credits have included Ferrando in Il Trovatore at the Landestheater Salzburg, Zaccaria in Nabucco for the premiere at the Bregenz Festspiele in Austria, a new production of Rigoletto at the Hamburg State Opera, the title role of Don Giovanni at the Gstaad Festival under the baton of the late Yehudi Menuhin. He has appeared as Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos with Deutsche Oper Berlin and Bavarian State Opera, was Zaccaria in Nabucco at Genoa 's Teatro Carlo Felice and lArena di Verona.
Highlights of Mr. Svetlovs concert career have included Verdis Messa da Requiem in Paris, Moscow, Tokyo and Montreal, and Shostakovichs Symphony No. 14 with the London Symphony Orchestra under Mstislav Rostropovich in the Britten Festival at the Barbican Centre. His discography includes the world premiere recordingof Rachmaninov's The Miserly Knight and Serov's Judith on Le Chant du Monde, Shostakovich's The Gamblers recorded by Capriccio on Delta Music and Prokofiev's Bethrothal in a Monastery recorded by Melodia released on BMG classics, Shostakovich's Symphony no. 14 on Virgin Classics and the Grammy nominated "lHistoire Du Soldat, Premieres and Rarities" on KOCH International Classics.
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