Damir Zakirov
tenor, opera soloist at the Mikhailovsky Theatre
Damir Zakirov graduated from the Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory in 2010 in the class of Lyudmila Tserkovnikova. After graduating from the conservatory, he was a soloist at the Musa Jalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre and a guest soloist at the Erik Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2012, the singer began working at the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In 2015, Damir Zakirov became a guest soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, and in 2017 he joined the theatre’s opera troupe. Critics note not only the singer’s excellent vocal abilities, but also his artistry: “Damir Zakirov is an artistic singer, he knows to improvise, he is good in the role of lyrical heroes, but in comic roles he is simply incomparable.”
Damir Zakirov is a guest soloist of the “Zazerkalye” Theatre, the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Musa Jalil Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
- The Queen of SpadesEmcee, Tchekalinsky
- La traviataAlfredo Germont, Gastone
- PagliacciBeppo
- L’elisir d’amoreNemorino
- ToscaSpoletta
- IolantaAlméric
- Manon LescautEdmondo, Dance Master
- Un ballo in mascheraJudge
- Die ZauberflöteTamino, The Second Priest/ The First Armoured Man
- Mozart. The Marriage of FigaroDon Curzio
- Il barbiere di SivigliaCount Almaviva
- AidaA Messenger
- Die FledermausAlfred
- CarmenLe Remendado
- The Lady of the CamelliasGastone
- Eugene OneginTriquet
- Grand Prix for Young Performers for the “Spring of Romance” Competition (2018)
- First Prize for the “Spring of Pop Singing” Competition (2018)
- Prize for the Rheinsberg Opera Festival (2013)
- Prize for the 3rd International “Citrus Voices” Competition (St Petersburg, 2013)
- Diploma for the 2nd International Magomayev Competition (Moscow, 2012)
- Prize for the International Rachmaninoff Competition (St Petersburg, 2012)
- Prize for the International “Bella voce” Competition (Moscow, 2005)
- Chaliapin Award
- Scholarship of Mintier Shaimiev, President of Tatarstan
- Scholarships of the Russian and Tatarstan Ministries of Culture
Upcoming performances
May
07
- vocal series
08
- operetta in three acts
- music by Johann Strauss
- production by Yulia Prokhorova
- Eisenstein — Alexander Shakhov
Rosalinde — Anastasia Barun
Falke — Semyon Antakov
Alfred — Damir Zakirov
Adele — Svetlana Moskalenko - Conductor — Alexander Soloviev
09
- vocal series
June
30
- opera in three acts
- music by Giacomo Puccini
- production by Stanislav Gaudasinsky
- Floria Tosca — Maria Litke
Mario Cavaradossi — Sergey Kuzmin
Baron Scarpia — Alexander Kuznetsov - Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov