Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Alexander Roslavets was a finalist of the 1st Minsk International Christmas Singing Competition. As a special prize, he was offered engagements with the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus presupposing appearances in Belarusian performances as a guest singer.
A citizen of Brest, Alexander Roslavets graduated from the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (Professor Nikolai Okhotnikov’s Studio). In 2011-2014 he was a soloist of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of St Petersburg Conservatory.
In 2014, he was awarded grand prize at the Review Competition of Singers-Graduates of Music Higher Educational Institutions of Russia (St Petersburg), followed by his joining the Young Artists Opera Programme of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia the same year.
In December 2015 he won the 7th International Competition of Opera Singers “St Petersburg” organized at the instigation of the distinguished singer, People’s Artist of the USSR Irina Bogacheva.
In 2016 he won second prize at the Galina Vishnevskaya International Competition of Opera Singers.
Alexander Roslavets has appeared at the best venues of St Petersburg (Grand Hall of the Dmitry Shostakovich Philharmonic, Smolny Cathedral, State Academic Capella, etc.). He has performed with the orchestras of St Petersburg State Conservatory and the State Hermitage, and with the St Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergey Stadler, Fabio Mastrangelo, Oliver Weder. In 2015 he made his debut with the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
His repertoire includes leading roles in world masterpieces, such as the Old Gypsy and Aleko in Sergey Rachmaninov’s Aleko; Marchese d'Obigny in Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata; Prince Gremin in Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin; King René in Thaikovsky’s Iolanta; Prince Gudal in The Demon by Anton Rubinstein; the Commander, Leporello in The Stone Guest by Alexander Dargomyzhsky; Malyuta Skuratov in The Tsar’s Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Tsar Dodon in The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; Cuno and Killan in Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Freischütz; Don Basilio in Gioachino Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia; Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Mefistofele in Charles Gounod’s Faust; Tom in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera; bass roles in Mozart’s and Verdi’s Requiem, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor.
On 12 September Alexander Roslavets will perform the role of Gremin in Thaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, and on 15 September he will sing the role of Don Basilio in Rossini’s comic opera Il barbiere di Siviglia.
