Shushakov
Was born in 1984 in Udmurtia. In 2002 he entered the Izhevsk Musical College, vocal department. From 2004 to 2009 he was a student of The Russian Academy of Theatre Arts in Moscow (course by Georgy Ansimov, vocal class by Yuri Udalov).
In 2009-11 Konstantin was a member of the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Opera Programme and made his stage debut as Schaunard in Puccini’s La Boheme.
In 2012 he took part in the Young Artist Program of the Washington National Opera.
In 2012-2019 – a soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre Opera Company.
In 2019-2023 – a soloist with the Opernhaus Zürich.
2nd prize at the Placido Domingo’s Operalia Competition
Diploma at the III 'Saint Petersburg' International Competition for Opera Singers
Prize-winner at the I Pavel Lisitsian International Competition for Baritones
Diploma and Spezial prize at the VIII Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition of Young Opera Singers
Prize-winner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni)
Marcello, Schaunard (La Boheme)
Papageno (Die Zauberflöte)
Dancairo, Morales (Carmen)
Pantalon (The Love for Three Oranges)
Andrei Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov)
Prince Yeletsky (The Queen of Spades)
Robert (Iolanta)
A Сlock, A Cat (L’enfant et les Sortilèges)
Afron (The Golden Cockerel)
Marullo (Rigoletto)
Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro)
The Lamplighter (Banevich’s The Story of Kai and Gerda)
Guglielmo (Così fan tutte)
Dr. Malatesta (Don Pasquale)
Lebedev (Wеinberg’s The Idiot)
Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) — Teatro alla Scala, Opernhaus Zürich
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni) — Opernhaus Zürich
Prince Yeletsky (The Queen of Spades) — Norwegian National Opera
Afron (The Golden Cockerel) — Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
Onegin (Eugene Onegin) — Slovene National Theatre in Maribor, Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Vancouver Opera, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Opernhaus Zürich
Andrei Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov) — Opernhaus Zürich
Valentin (Faust) — Opernhaus Zürich
Ford (Falstaff) — Grand Théâtre de Genève
In concert: Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem.
Konstantin Shushakov took part in the concert performance at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow International House of Music.
Collaborated with such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Benjamin Pionnier, Alain Altinoglu, Laurent Campellone, Kirill Karabits, Gianandrea Noseda, Vassily Sinaisky, Mikhail Pletnev, Alexander Rudin, and directors Claus Guthом, Barrie Kosky, Laurent Pelly amongst others.