Sergey Murzayev

Sergey Murzaev graduated from the Chelyabinsk Music College in 1987 and from the Moscow Conservatoire in 1991.

In 1991, he joined the trainee group of the Bolshoi Theatre. From 1992 till 2007, he was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. At the Bolshoi Theatre, he performed the Matchmaker in Dargomyzhsky’s Rusalka, Prince Igor in Borodin’s Prince Igor, Andrey Shchelkalov in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Shaklovity in Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina, Lionel in Tchaikovsky’s Maid of Orleans, Eugene Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugen Onegin, Yeletsky and Tomsky in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades, Robert and Ibn-Hakia in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Gryaznoy in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar’s Bride, Lanciotto Malatesta in Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini, Uteshitelny in Shostakovich’s Gamblers, Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth, Count di Luna in Verdi’s Il trovatore, Giorgio Germont in Verdi’s La traviata, Renato in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlo in Verdi’s La forza del destino, Amonasro in Verdi’s Aida, Silvio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème, and Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca. Since 2000, he has been a guest soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre, where he performed baritone parts in Borodin’s Prince Igor, Verdi’s Macbeth, Un ballo in maschera, Simon Boccanegra, Otello, and Aida, Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina, Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini, Puccini’s Tosca. Since 2017, he joined the Novaya Opera Theatre in Moscow where he performs Gryaznoy in The Tsar’s Bride, Prince Igor in Prince Igor, Count di Luna in Il trovatore, Nabucco in Verdi’s Nabucco, Amonasro in Verdi’s Aida, and Carlo Gérard in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier. His repertoire also includes Barnaba in Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, Tonio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Rangoni in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, and Alfio in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana.

Sergey Murzaev has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall (New York), La Scala (Milan), the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden (London), Bastille Opera (Paris). He has toured to Austria, Germany, the USA, Brazil, Chile, Portugal, China, Japan, Korea, Spain, Luxembourg, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, France and Russia. He has participated in many international opera and theatre festivals.

Title „Honoured Artist of Russia“ (2000)
Golden Mask Highest National Theatrical Award („Best Male Role in Opera“: Lanciotto Malatesta in Rachmaninoff’s Francesca da Rimini, 1999)
2nd Prize for the „I Cestelli“ International Competition (Italy, 1995)
1st Prize for the Luciano Pavarotti International Vocal Competition (Philadelphia, 1992)
2nd Prize for the Mario del Monaco International Vocal Competition (Sicily, 1991)
1st Prize for 14th Glinka National Vocal Competition (Almaty, 1991)