Ilya Kuzmin (Baritone)
Ilya
Kuzmin (baritone) graduated from the Gnessins Academy of Music
(Professor Levko's class) in 2000. In the same year he became first a trainee
and then a staff member of the Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow.
His debut in the role of Hamlet in Thomas's opera of the same name was a great
success.
Roles
performed:
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Shchelkalov and
Boyar-in-Attendance in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
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Mizgir in
Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden
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Aeneas in Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas
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Papageno in Mozart's
Die Zauberflцte
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Figaro in Rossini's
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
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Marullo in Verdi's
Rigoletto
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Germont in
Verdi's La Traviata
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Silvio in Leoncavallo's
I Pagliacci
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Belcore in Donizetti's
L'Elisir d'Amore
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Gianni Schicchi in
Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
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Jokanaan in Strauss' Salome (in
concert)
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baritone parts in
Beethoven's Welsh Songs and in the productions "Rossini",
"Bravissimo!", "Bellini", "Music Is My Soul", "Opera@Jazz", and "Maria Callas"
Awards and
Honours:
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Third Prize of the
Obraztsova International Contest for Young Singers (2003,
Saint-Petersburgh)
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First Prize of the
Belvedere International Competition (2004, Vienna)
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