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Evgeny Solodovnikov

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Evgeny Solodovnikov begins his 2020/2021 season at the Wiener Staatsoper as a member of the soloist ensemble. Solodovnikov’s recent engagements include Kitchiga in »The Enchantress « and Conte di Ceprano in »Rigoletto« at the Opera de Lyon. With the St Petersburg Chamber Opera, the young bass has performed the roles of Osmin in »Die Entführung aus dem Serail«, Don Basilio in »Il barbiere di Siviglia« , Prince Gremin in »Eugene Onegin«, Sparafucile in »Rigoletto «, A Sacristan »Tosca«, Lo zio Bonzo in »Madama Butterfly«, Fyodor Petrovich in Shchedrin’s »Not Love Alone «, Dottore Grenvil in »La traviata«, Alcindoro in »La Bohème«. The bass’ career began at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg where he took on the following roles: Skula in »Prince Igor«, Zaretsky in »Eugene Onegin«, Lieutenant Ratcliffe in »Billy Budd«, Malyuta Skuratov in »The Tsar’s«, Police Officer in »Boris the Tsar« (based on the first edition of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov , cond. Vl. Jurowski). Solodovnikov made his debut at the Staatsoper Berlin with the role Innkeeper/Sergeant in »Manon Lescaut« and was seen as Samuel in »Un ballo in maschera« in the Savonlinna Opera Festival. Solodovnikov is a graduate of the Vlaamse Opera (Flemish Opera) young singers ensemble, where he performed Speaker and First Priest in »Die Zauberflöte«, Pietro in »Simon Boccanegra«, Lesbo in »Agrippina«, and Duda in »Sadko«. Solodovnikov received his MM from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory and is a prize-winner of the III International Boris Shtokolov Vocal Competition in St Petersburg and Le Grand Prix de L’Opera in 2014 in Bucharest.

Performances with Evgeny Solodovnikov

Saison 2026-27
Number of events listed below: 1
Wed
30 Sep
19:00—21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Malin Byström, Jonathan Tetelman, Ambrogio Maestri, Conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti

Tosca

Cast on Wednesday 30. September 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Margarethe Wallmann

Bühne und Kostüme

Nicola Benois
Fri
02 Oct
19:00—21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Malin Byström, Jonathan Tetelman, Ambrogio Maestri, Conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti

Tosca

Cast on Friday 2. October 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Margarethe Wallmann

Bühne und Kostüme

Nicola Benois
Abo 8

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

03. Oktober 2025Fin de partie
23. Jänner 2026Idomeneo
20. Februar 2026Luisa Miller
17. April 2026Visionary Dances (Ballett)
22. Mai 2026Eugen Onegin
02. Oktober 2026Tosca
13. November 2026La Fille du régiment
22. Jänner 2027Living Legacies
19. Februar 2027Der Rosenkavalier
16. April 2027Così fan tutte
Mon
05 Oct
19:00—21:45
Giacomo Puccini
Oper Main Stage

with Malin Byström, Jonathan Tetelman, Ambrogio Maestri, Conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti

Tosca

Cast on Monday 5. October 2026

Musikalische Leitung

Inszenierung

Margarethe Wallmann

Bühne und Kostüme

Nicola Benois
U27

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