Nikitin
Born in Murmansk. Graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (class of Bulat Minzhilkiev, 1997). While still a 4th year student, he was invited to join the Mariinsky Opera. It wasn’t long before he was invited to major theatres and festivals throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia.
2002 marked his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in War and Peace. In 2003 Nikitin made his Parisian debut at the Theatre du Châtelet in the title role of Rubinstein’s The Demon. Since 2008 he has performed regularly at the Bayerische Staatsoper (debuted as Jochanaan).
In addition, he sings frequently at the Opéra national de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, Zürich Opera, Leipzig Opera, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Real de Madrid, Canadian Opera Company, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. Takes part in various opera festivals around the world including Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg Festival, Verbier Festival, the Easter Festival in Baden Baden, Schleswig Holstein Festival, the BBC Proms in London, ‘Stars of the White Nights Festival’ in St Petersburg, etc.
In 2022 he debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre as Don Giovanni. Then he performed the role of Friedrich of Telramund (Lohengrin).
Honoured Artist of Russia
Prize winner of the Peczkowski International Opera Singers Competition
Prize winner of the Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition of Young Opera Singers
Prize winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition
St. Petersburg theatrical prize 'Golden Soffit' for the role of Grigory Gryazny (The Tsar's Bride, Mariinsky Theatre)
Casta Diva prize winner as The Best Male Russian Artist
Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg) — Metropolitan Opera
Fasolt (Das Rheingold) — Metropolitan Opera, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
Klingsor (Parsifal) — Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper
Amfortas (Parsifal) — Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, The Berlin Philharmonic
Kurvenal (Tristan und Isolde) — Metropolitan Opera
The Wanderer (Siegfried) — Metropolitan Opera, BBC Proms Festival
Gunther (Götterdämmerung) — Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris
Holländer (Der Fliegende Holländer) — Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Real de Madrid, Canadian Opera Company, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Leipzig Opera
Telramund (Lohengrin) — Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper
Don Pizzaro (Fidelio) — Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Wiener Staatsoper, Verbier Festival
Jochanaan (Salome) — Opéra national de Paris , Bayerische Staatsoper, Zürich Opera, Dutch National Opera, Verbier Festival
Oreste (Elektra) — Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris
Colline (La Bohème) — Metropolitan Opera
Baron Scarpia (Tosca) — Easter Festival in Baden-Baden, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Prisoner (Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero) — Opéra national de Paris
Rangoni (Boris Godunov) — Metropolitan Opera
Boris Godunov (Boris Godunov) — Théâtre du Châtelet
Fyodor Shaklovity (Khovanshchina) — Opéra national de Paris
Count Tomsky (The Queen of Spades) — Opéra national de Paris
Ibn-Hakia (Iolanta) — Salzburg Festival
Demon (The Demon) — Théâtre du Châtelet
Ruprecht (The Fiery Angel) — Bayerische Staatsoper
Dolokhov (War and Peace) — Metropolitan Opera
In concert: Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, Mahler’s 8th Symphony, Verdi’s Requiem, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex.
Ruslan (Ruslan and Lyudmila)
Boris Godunov, Rangoni, Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov)
Fyodor Shaklovity (Khovanshchina)
Prince Igor, Galitsky (Prince Igor)
Demon (The Demon)
Thibaut (The Maid of Orleans)
Onegin (Eugene Onegin)
Count Tomsky (The Queen of Spades)
Ibn-Hakia (Iolanta)
Aleko (Rachmaninov’s Aleko)
Gryaznoy (The Tsar’s Bride)
Gusli player (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya)
Creon, Messenger (Oedipus Rex)
Chief of Police (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
Ruprecht (The Fiery Angel)
Remeniuk (Semyon Kotko)
Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro)
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni)
Ramfis (Aida)
Attila (Attila)
Banco (Macbeth)
Marchese di Calatrava (La forza del destino)
Philip II (Don Carlo)
Lodovico (Otello)
Colline (La Bohème)
Baron Scarpia (Tosca)
High Priest of Dagon (Samson et Dalila)
Hermann (Tannhäuser)
Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer)
Heinrich der Vogler, Friedrich of Telramund (Lohengrin)
Wotan (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried)
Fasolt (Das Rheingold)
Gunther (Götterdämmerung)
Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde)
Klingsor, Amfortas (Parsifal)
Jokanaan (Salome)
Orest (Elektra)
Prisoner (Dallapiccola’s Il Prigioniero, in concert)
Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana)
On the concert platform Evgeny Nikitin works regularly with London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Müncher Philharmoniker.
His recordings include Amfortas (Parsifal) with the Mariinsky and again with the Berlin Radio Symphony/Janowski as well as Rangoni (Boris Godunov) and Remeniuk (Semyon Kotko) for Philips Classics.
He has also recorded a solo recital of Wagner arias for Naïve.
Cinema and DVD appearances include Parisfal and Boris Godunov from the MET, Boris Godunov at the Mariinsky, the Bayerische Staatsoper, etc.