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Mikhail Kazakov
"A one-of-a-kind opera singer, bass, possessing a dramatic bass cantante..."
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People's Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan

Honored Artist of Russia

Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia

From 1999 to 2002 M. Kazakov became a laureate of several competitions:

  • Elena Obraztsova Young Opera Singers Competition (2nd prize),
  • M.I. Glinka Competition (Grand Prix), with I.K. Arkhipova as the jury chairman.
  • Toulouse Vocal Competition (Grand Prix; France)
  • Maria Callas Competition in Athens (2nd prize)
  • Tchaikovsky Competition 2002 (First Prize and Gold Medal)
  • of the Beijing Opera Singers Competition (first prize)

Musical education
Mikhail Kazakov graduated from the Kazan State Conservatory (class of Professor G. T. Lastovka) in 2001.
Creative biography
As a second-year student, he made his debut on the stage of the Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. Jalil, performing the heavy bass part in the greatest work - "Requiem" by G. Verdi.

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Being still a student, Mikhail Kazakov at such a "young" age for a bass participated in the performance of G. Sviridov's "Pathetic Oratorio" on the stage of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the Tchaikovsky BSO, conducted by V. Fedoseyev, an oratorio performed before him by the "giant soloists" E. Nesterenko and A. Vedernikov.

In the summer of 2001, after his success in the concert "Irina Arkhipova presents ..." on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, Mikhail Kazakov was invited to join the Bolshoi Opera Company.
In 2003 he sang the role of Zachariah (Nabucco) at the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv and took part in a concert performance of the opera Eugene Onegin at the Palais des Arts in Montreal.
In 2004 he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera, performing the role of the Commander in W. A. Mozart's opera Don Giovanni (conducted by Seiji Ozawa, with Anna Netrebko as Donna Anna).
In September 2004 he performed the role of the Grand Inquisitor ("Don Carlos" at the Saxon State Opera (Dresden).
In November 2004, at the invitation of Plácido Domingo, he sang the role of Ferrando in G. Verdi's Troubadour at the Washington National Opera.
In December 2004 he sang the role of Gremin ("Eugene Onegin"), in May-June 2005 - the role of Ramfis ("Aida") in performances of the Deutsche Oper Rhein.
In 2005 he took part in a performance of Verdi's Requiem in Montpellier (conducted by Enrique Mazzola).
In 2006 he sang the role of Raymond (Lucia di Lammermoor) in Montpellier (conducted by Enrique Mazzola) and also took part in a performance of G. Verdi's Requiem in Gothenburg.
In 2006-07 he sang Ramfis at the Royal Opera of Liège and the Saxon State Opera, Zachariah at the Saxon State Opera and the Deutsche Oper der Rhein.
In 2007 he participated in a concert performance of Rachmaninoff's operas Aleko and Francesca da Rimini at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow (Russian National Orchestra, conducted by Mikhail Pletnev).

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In the same year he performed in Paris at the Gaveau Concert Hall as part of the Crescendo Music Festival.
In 2008 he took part in the F. Chaliapin International Opera Festival in Kazan.
In the same year he performed at the festival in Lucerne (Switzerland), performing the vocal cycle "Songs and Dances of Death" by M. Mussorgsky with the Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Philharmonic (conducted by Yuri Temirkanov).
In 2009 he took part in the performance of L. van Beethoven's Mass in C Major at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (conducted by Vladimir Minin). He took part in a performance of Shostakovich's Fourteenth Symphony at the Mozart Concert Hall in Mannheim (Germany). Performed at the grand opening after the reconstruction of the Petruzzelli Theater in Bari (Italy), singing the bass part in L. van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
In 2010 he sang the role of Ramfis (Aida by G. Verdi) at the Cologne Opera House.
In 2011 sang the title role in the opera Boris Godunov at the Dallas Opera (original production by A. Tarkovsky, directed by S. Lawless). He took part in the performance of Verdi's Requiem at the Palace of Congresses in Vilnius (conducted by Gintaras Rinkevičius), then at the Berlin Cathedral. He sang the role of Timur (Turandot by G. Puccini) at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin.
In 2012 he sang the role of Ramfis (Aida by G. Verdi) at the Savonlinna International Opera Festival and also performed at the opening of the festival. In the same year he performed the role of Boris Godunov at the Vienna State Opera (conducted by T. Sokhiev). He took part in the International Christmas Opera Forum festival, performing the role of Khan Konchak in A. Borodin's opera Prince Igor on the stage of the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus.
In February 2013 took part in the performance of A. Dvořák's "Stabat Mater" in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (conducted by V. Fedoseev).
In March he performed at the gala concert of the Savonlinna Festival.
In July of the same year he took part in a gala concert as part of the cultural program of the Universiade in Kazan (conducted by Valery Gergiev).
In September 2013 he took part in a concert performance of A. Dargomyzhsky's opera Rusalka at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, performing the role of Melnik (with the Grand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by V. Fedoseyev and directed by V. Vasilyev). Vasiliev).

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In October 2013 performed the role of Dosifei (Khovanshchina by M. Mussorgsky) at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus.
Performed recitals at the Palace of Congresses in Vilnius, participated in the anniversary concerts of the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra (conducted by G. Rinkevičius).
In February 2014 he performed the role of Philip II (Don Carlos by G. Verdi) at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall with the Russian State Capella conducted by V. Polyansky. Polyansky.
In March he performed the role of Zachariah ("Nabucco" by G. Verdi) at the Mariinsky Theatre.
In April 2014 he appeared in the title role in the opera Boris Godunov at the Erfurt Theatre (Germany) and in November he performed the role of Dosifei (Khovanshchina) at the Stuttgart Opera House.
He took part in the performance of Verdi's Requiem in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire as part of the festival "Khibla Gerzmava Invites..."
Performed the vocal cycle "Songs and Dances of Death" by M. Mussorgsky at the St. Petersburg Philharmonic (conducted by N. Alekseev).
In June 2014 took part in the L. Linhovoin Opera Festival (Ulan-Ude), where he performed the role of Khan Konchak (Prince Igor by A. Borodin).
In August 2014 he took part in the International Music Festival in Cesky Krumlov (Czech Republic) and the Days of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan in Moscow.
In 2015 he performed the title role in Boris Godunov at the Prague National Theatre and the Mariinsky Theatre.

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In 2016 he performed at the Dallas Opera (Eugene Onegin) and the Stuttgart Opera (Khovanshchina).
In 2017 he sang the role of the Grand Inquisitor ("Don Carlos") at the Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the title role ("Boris Godunov") at the Korean National Opera (Seoul). He took part in the tour of the Bolshoi Theater in Savonlinna, performing the role of King René in the opera "Iolanta".
In 2018. - title role ("Boris Godunov") at the Wroclaw Opera, Prince Gremin ("Eugene Onegin") at the Rhine National Opera in Strasbourg.
2019 - Zakharia ("Nabucco") at the Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. Jalil, title role ("Boris Godunov") at the Wroclaw Opera.

Mikhail Kazakov can be heard on prestigious stages in Russia and Europe - in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Theater, the Bolshoi Theater, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Unesco Hall (Paris), the European Parliament Hall (Strasbourg), the Megaron (Athens), the Vienna Staatsoper, Covent Garden, La Scala (Milan), Carnegie Hall (New York), concert halls in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing and others.

He took part in the following music festivals: "Basses of the XXI century" (Samara), "Musical evenings on Seliger" (Ostashkov), International Opera Festivals named after F. Shalyapin (Kazan), named after M. Mikhailov (Cheboksary), named after S. Krushelnitskaya (Lvov), "Russian Musical Evenings in Paris", "Ohrid Summer" (Macedonia), "Kremlin Musical" named after Nikolai Petrov (Moscow), "International Christmas Opera Forum" (Minsk), "Crescendo", "Boldinsky Autumn" (Nizhny Novgorod), "Stars of the White Nights" (St. Petersburg), "Khibla Gerzmava invites..." (Moscow). (Moscow).
He has repeatedly collaborated with the N. Nekrasov, N. Kalinin and N. Osipov orchestras of Russian folk instruments.

Collaborations
In different years Mikhail Kazakov's stage partners were famous singers who highly appreciated his talent, among them: I. Arkhipova, E. Obraztsova, E. Nesterenko, A. Vedernikov, Y. Mazurok, V. Matorin, D. Hvorostovsky, A. Netrebko, Krasimira Stoyanova, S. Leiferkus, Placido Domingo, Hei He, Matti Salminen, Olga Borodina, Maria Gulegina.

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Opera parts

Aleko, Old Gypsy ("Aleko" by S. V. Rachmaninoff)
Attila ("Attila" by G. Verdi)
Banquo (Macbeth, G. Verdi)
Baron ("The Miserly Knight", S. V. Rachmaninoff)
Boris Godunov ("Boris Godunov" by M. P. Mussorgsky)
The Grand Inquisitor ("Don Carlos" by G. Verdi)
Gremin ("Eugene Onegin" by P. Tchaikovsky)
Don Basilio ("The Barber of Seville" by G. Rossini)
Don Ruiz Gomez de Silva ("Hernani" by G. Verdi)
Dosifei ("Khovanshchina" by M. Mussorgsky)
Zachariah ("Nabucco" by G. Verdi)
Ivan Khovansky ("Khovanshchina" by M. Mussorgsky)
Igor Svyatoslavich ("Prince Igor" by A. P. Borodin)
Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich ("The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia", N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Collen ("La Bohème" by G. Puccini)
King Rene ("Iolanta" by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky)
Kutuzov ("War and Peace", S. S. Prokofiev)
Leporello ("The Stone Guest" by A. S. Dargomyzhsky)
Miller ("Rusalka" by A. S. Dargomyzhsky)
Mephistopheles ("Mephistopheles" by A. Boito)
Monterone, Sparafucile. ("Rigoletto" by G. Verdi)
Pimen ("Boris Godunov" by M. P. Mussorgsky)
Raymond ("Lucia di Lammermoor" by G. Donizetti)
Ramfis ("Aida" by G. Verdi)
Sobakin ("The Tsar's Bride" by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Philip ("Don Carlos" by G. Verdi)
Khan Konchak ("Prince Igor" by A. P. Borodin)

Publications

He gained popularity all over the world thanks to his unique timbre of voice
Moscow Philharmonic Society July 12, 2016

And you, like a bell, are vibrating all over....
Argumenty i Fakty ( aif.ru) 08 November 2011.