Evgeny Akhmedov

Biography

Trained at the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory (class by Olga Kondina).
Since 2011 he has been a soloist for the Mikhailovsky Theatre where he has sung Lensky (Eugene Onegin), the Novice (Billy Budd), the  Steersman (Der fliegende Holländer), Lykov (The Tsar’s Bride), and Nemorino (L’Elisir d’amore). He was nominated for a Golden Mask National Theatre Award for Best Male Singer, Opera (2014) for his role as Lensky in Andriy Zholdak’s production.

In 2014, he made his debut at the Mariinsky, appearing as Lensky in the premiere of a new production of Eugene Onegin.
Since 2015 he has been a member of the Mariinsky Opera and since 2016 – a fellow at Atkins Young Artists Program in Mariinsky.

In October 2018 made his Bolshoi Theatre debut as Ferrando in Così fan tutte.

Repertoire

at the Mariinsky theatre:

Lensky (Eugene Onegin)
The Simpleton (Boris Godunov)
Lykov (The Tsar’s bride)
The Fisherman (Le Rossignol)
Don Antonio (Betrothal in a Monastery)
Pechorin (Bela in concert)
Ferranfo (Così fan tutte)
Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni)
Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore)
Alfredo (La traviata)
Fenton (Falstaff)
The Abbé de Chazeuil (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Froh (Das Rheingold)
Steersman (Der fliegende Holländer)
Hylas (Les Troyens)
tenor solo in Stravinsky’s Les noces, Pulcinella and Rachmaninov’s The Bells

Repertoire also includes: Edmondo (Manon Lescaut), Beppe (Pagliacci), Chekalinsky (The Queen of Spades), the Novice (Billy Budd), the tenor roles in Mozart’s Requiem and Britten’s Spring Symphony.

Yevgeny Akhmedov has toured in China, Finland, France, Scotland, England, Italy and Germany.