Vasily Ladyuk
Baritone
He graduated with honors from the Sveshnikov Moscow Choral College (1997) and the Academy of Choral Art (Vocal and Conducting and Choral faculties, 2001). In 2004, he graduated from the graduate school of the Academy in the class of Professor D. The widow. Later, he improved his vocal technique and mastered the basics of opera art in master classes of renowned specialists from La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, and the Houston Grand Opera (2002-2005).
In 2003-2020, he was a soloist at the Novaya Opera Theater, and since 2007, he has been a guest soloist at the Bolshoi Theater of Russia. Since 2020, he has been a soloist at the Tchaikovsky Perm Opera and Ballet Theater.
Vasily Ladyuk performs on such stages as the Bolshoi Theater, the Mariinsky Theater, the Liceo Theater in Barcelona, the Belgian Royal Opera La Mona, the Opera Garnier in Paris, La Scala in Milan, the La Fenice Theater in Venice and the Reggio Theater in Turin, the Metropolitan Opera and the Houston Grand Opera (USA).
Vasily Ladyuk has collaborated with outstanding conductors and directors, including Valery Gergiev, Placido Domingo, Vladimir Spivakov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Mikhail Pletnev, Dmitry Yurovsky, James Conlon, Gianandrea Noseda, Andrei Konchalovsky, Dmitry Chernyakov, Francesca Zambello.
Founder and artistic director of the annual Opera Live Music Festival. Concerts and performances of the festival take place at leading venues in Moscow: on the stage of the Novaya Opera Theater, the International House of Music, the Great Hall of the Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and others.
Titles and prizes:
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2023) winner of the National Opera Award “Onegin” in the special nomination “Star” (2020) winner of the Oleg Yankovsky Prize “Creative Discovery 2011-2012”
winner of the Oleg Yankovsky Prize “Creative Discovery 2011-2012”
winner of the youth prize “Triumph” in the field of literature and art (2009) Grand Prix and Audience Award of the International Competition. Francisco Vinhasa in Barcelona (Spain, 2005) Winner of the Operalia International Competition in Madrid (Spain, 2005, I Prize) Grand Prix of the Shizuoka International Opera Competition in Shizuoka (Japan, 2005)
Roles in theater performances:
- Onegin – “Eugene Onegin” by P.I. Tchaikovsky
- Belcore – “The Love Potion” by G. Donizetti
- Count di Luna – “Troubadour” by G. Verdi
- Germont – “La Traviata” by G. Verdi
- Zurga – “The Pearl Seekers” by J. Bizet
- Papageno – “The Magic Flute” by W.A. Mozart
- Silvio – “Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo
- Figaro – “The Barber of Seville” by J. Rossini
- Andrey Shchelkalov – “Boris Godunov” by M.P. Mussorgsky
- Yeletsky, Zlatogor – “The Queen of Spades” by P.I. Tchaikovsky
- Marcel – “La Bohème” by J. Puccini
- Mercutio – “Romeo and Juliet” by S. Gounod
- Fritz – “The Dead City” by E.V. Korngold
- Robert – “Iolanthe” by P.I. Tchaikovsky
- Silvio – “Pagliacci” by R. Leoncavallo, concert performance
- Francesco – “The Robbers” by G. Verdi, concert performance
Roles in productions:
- “Carmina Burana” by K. Orff
- The Mass of “Gloria” by J. Puccini
- “Maria Callas” (musical offering)
- “Parade of baritones and basses” (gala concert)
- Offering to Evgeny Kolobov (concert)
- Romances by P.I. Tchaikovsky and S.V. Rachmaninov (concert)
- “Johann Strauss, King of Waltzes” (gala concert)
- “Bravissimo!” (musical performance)
- “Rossini” (musical divertimento)
- “Opera&Jazz” (New Year’s show)