Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Special prize and silver medal of the Irina Arkhipova Foundation (2003)
Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus (1999)
First prize at the 1st Feodor Chaliapin Competition of Young Opera Singers (Kazan, Russia)
Certificate at the Julián Gayarre International Singing Competition (Pamplona, Spain, 1992)
Certificate at the NEUE STIMMEN International Singing Competition (Germany, 1991)
First prize at the International Competition (Geneva, Switzerland, 1991)
First prize at the Georg Ots International Competition for Young Opera Singers (Tallinn, Estonia, 1989)
Second prize at the International Antonin Dvořák Singing Competition (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 1988)
Third prize at the 2nd Luisa Todí International Competition (Lisbon, Portugal)
Oleg Melnikov is a graduate of the Mikhail Glinka Minsk State Music College (class of the Honoured Worker of Culture of the Republic of Belarus Adam Murzich) and the Odessa National Antonina Nezhdanova Conservatory (E.N. Ivanov’s class, 1992). In 2011, he graduated in musical theatre directing from the Belarusian State Academy of Music.
From 1986 to 1993, he was a soloist with the Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
He joined the opera company of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus in 1993.
He is a regular participant of the Irina Arkhipova Invites Festival; in 2003, he received the Irina Arkhipova special prize and a silver medal for his interpretation of Boris Godunov in the eponymous opera by Modest Mussorgsky and his substantial contribution to education and enlightenment in Russia. In 2013, he received a commendation from the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus for his significant contribution to the development of opera.
Oleg Melnikov was a member of the board of the Belarusian Union of Music Workers, a chairperson of the Belarusian Feodor Chaliapin Society and of the Feodor Chaliapin Singing Competition in Belarus. He regularly serves on the jury for international competitions held in Russia and Belarus, including the Mikhail Glinka International Vocal Contest.
In 2012 and 2013, he was a moderator and speaker of the Republican Seminar for Voice Teachers and Soloists, where he gave masterclasses (Minsk).
He regularly appears in concert at the Belarusian State Philharmonic. He has given recitals in Belarus and abroad.
His works as a stage director include Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin for the Youth Opera Theatre in Molodechno, Belarus (2010), The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky for the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad (2011), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri for the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus (2022).
Salieri Mozart and Salieri
The Old Hebrew Samson et Dalila
Malyuta The Tsar’s Bride
Ramfis Aida
The Mercenary The Grey Legend
Timur Turandot
Il Commendatore Don Giovanni
Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor
Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia
Philippe Don Carlos
Sparafucile, Monterone Rigoletto
Zaccaria Nabucco
The Bonze Madama Butterfly
The Miller The Mermaid
Konchak, Vladimir, the Prince of Galich Prince Igor
Gremin Eugene Onegin
King René Iolanta
Salieri Mozart and Salieri
The Old Convict, Boris Izmailov Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Katerina Izmailova)
The Butler The Lady’s Visit by Sergey Kortes
Shipuchin The Jubilee by Sergey Kortes
Boris Godunov Boris Godunov
Ivan Khovansky Khovanshchina
Aleko, the Old Gypsy Aleko
The Executioner Salome
Farlaf Ruslan and Lyudmila
Lead bass in Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem
In 1991, Oleg Melnikov gave a number of recitals as part of world tour promoted by Delphin Seereisen, Germany.
From 2012-14, he took part in the international festival “Shakhimardan Invites Friends” (Kazakhstan).
With the company, he has toured Spain, Germany, Israel, and Switzerland.
