Sulimsky
Born in the city of Molodechno, Minsk Region (Belarus). After graduating from the Saint-Petersburg State Rimsky Korsakov Conservatoire he was a soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre Academy of Young Singers, 2000-04. Then he studied in Milan under Professor Raimundo Metre.
Since 2004 he has been a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre, where he continues to give critically acclaimed performances, including the title roles of Eugene Onegin, Simone Boccanegra, Macbeth, Rigoletto and Gianni Schicchi.
Vladislav Sulimsky appeares on leading European opera stages including the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Stockholm Royal Opera, Theater an der Wien, opera theatres in Basel, Stuttgart, Malmö, Turin, Oviedo, Riga, Dallas. He is also a frequent guest at prestigious festivals such as the Salzburg, Glyndebourne, Savonnlina, Sankt Margarethen and Ravenna, as well as Baden-Baden Festival and Edinburgh International Festival.
In 2006 he made his Bolshoi Theatre debut as Eugene Onegin in Dmitry Tchernyakov production.
St Petersburg’s Higher Theatre Award ’Golden Sofit’ (for the performance of Simon Boccanegra at Mariinsky Theatre)
’Onegin’ National Opera Award (for the performance of Guido di Montforte at Mariinsky Theatre)
’Casta Diva’ Russian Opera Award as “Best male singer of the year”
’Casta Diva’ Russian Opera Award for “Best Ensemble“ (Mazeppa concert performance with Berliner Philharmoniker and maestro Kirill Petrenko)
2006
Onegin (Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin)
2012
Prince Nikita Kurlyatev (Tchaikovsky’s The Enchantress)
2014
Rodrigo (Verdi’s Don Carlo)
2018
Renato (Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera)
2021
Count Tomsky (Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades)
2022
Mazeppa (Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa)
Ibn-Hakia (Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta)
Gryaznoy (The Tsar's Bride)
2023
Giorgio Germont (La Traviata)
Michonnet (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Shaklovity (Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina) — Mariinsky Theatre
Onegin (Eugene Onegin) — Stockholm Royal Opera, Opera Malmö, Mariinsky Theatre
Prince Kurlyatev (The Enchantress) — Theater an der Wien, Mariinsky Theatre
Count Tomsky (The Queen of Spades) — Salzburg Festival, Stuttgart Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Prince Yeletsky (The Queen of Spades) — Teatro Regio di Torino, Mariinsky Theatre
Ibn-Hakia ( Iolanta) — Mariinsky Theatre, Dallas Opera
Mazeppa (Mazeppa) — Oviedo Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Gryaznoy (The Tsar’s Bride) — Mariinsky Theatre
Belcore (L'elisir d'amore) — Mariinsky Theatre
Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor) — Mariinsky Theatre
Macbeth (Verdi’s Macbeth) — Basel Theatre, Latvian National Opera, Ravenna Festival
Amonasro (Aida) — Mariinsky Theatre
Giogio Germont (La traviata) — Dallas Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Don Carlo (Verdi’s La forza del destino) — Basel Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre
Renato (Un ballo in maschera) — Stockholm Royal Opera
Rodrigo di Posa (Don Carlo) — Baden-Baden Festival, Mariinsky Theatre
Count di Luna (Il trovatore) — Bayerische Staatsoper, Berliner Staatsoper
Ezio (Verdi’s Attila) — Mariinsky Theatre
Monforte (I vespri siciliani) — Mariinsky Theatre
Simon Boccanegra (Simon Boccanegra) — Mariinsky Theatre
Rigoletto (Rigoletto) — Wiesbaden State Theatre, Berliner Staatsoper, Sankt Margarethen Opera Festival
Iago (Verdi’s Otello) — Wiener Staatsoper, Mariinsky Theatre
Count Walter (Luisa Miller) — Glyndebourne festival, Malmö Opera
Yamadori, Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) — Mariinsky Theatre
Gianni Schicchi (Gianni Schicchi) — Mariinsky Theatre
Alberich (Das Rheingold) — Edinburgh Festival, Mariinsky Theatre
On the concert stage he also performed baritone parts in Orff’s cantata Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, Songs and Dances of Death by Mussorgsky.
has collaborated with world-renowned conductors including Valery Gergiev, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Alexander Vedernikov, Alexander Lazarev, Kirill Petrenko, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mariss Jansons, Enrique Mazzola, Sebastian Weigle and many others.
Conductor Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky, CD (Kovalyov part). Grammy Award Nomination
from the Salzburg Festival (Tomsky / Plutus), Unitel Edition, DVD