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Vadim KravetsOpera singer bass, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater.
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Biography of Vadim Kravets
Vadim Kravets is an opera bass singer and soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre. He graduated from the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. In 2000, he became a soloist at the Academy of Young Singers of the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2007, he joined the opera troupe of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Accomplishments
Kravets has received several prestigious awards throughout his career, including:
- Laureate of the International Elena Obraztsova Competition (St. Petersburg, 2005)
- Laureate of the VI International Competition for Young Opera Singers named after N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (1st prize; St. Petersburg, 2004)
- Laureate of the International Vocalists Competition named after P.G. Lysitsian (1st prize; Vladikavkaz, 2003)
Repertoire
Kravets has performed a wide range of roles, including:- Ruslan ("Ruslan and Lyudmila")
- Prince Galitsky ("Prince Igor")
- Rangoni ("Boris Godunov")
- Maslenitsa and Ded Moroz ("The Snow Maiden")
- Tsar Saltan ("The Tale of Tsar Saltan")
- Bediay ("The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya")
- Aleko ("Aleko", concert performance)
- Leandre ("The Love for Three Oranges")
- Lord Sydney ("A Journey to Rheims")
- Orovèse ("Norma", concert performance)
- Raymond Bidebend ("Lucia di Lammermoor")
- Don Pasquale ("Don Pasquale")
- Attila ("Attila")
- Samuel ("Un ballo in maschera")
- Padre Guardiano ("La forza del destino")
- Monk ("Don Carlos")
- Ramfis ("Aida")
- Panteus ("Les Troyens")
- Escamillo ("Carmen")
- Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro")
- Don Juan ("Don Giovanni")
- The Dutchman ("The Flying Dutchman")
- Fasolt ("Das Rheingold")
- Wanderer ("Siegfried")
- Amfortas ("Parsifal")
- Orestes ("Elektra")
Concert Repertoire
In addition to his opera performances, Kravets also includes romances and arias by Russian and foreign composers in his concert repertoire. He has also performed the bass part in Mahler's Symphony No. 8.
