Markov
Alexei Markov was born in Vyborg.
In 2001 he joined the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers.
Soloist with the Mariinsky Opera since 2008. Has regularly appeared at the Mariinsky Theatre since 2006 in the lead baritone repertoire.
In addition, he performs frequently at the как Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Metropolitan Opera in New York, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Opernhaus Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Bayerische Staatsoper in München, Wiener Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden to name a few.
He has also appeared in productions of Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg Festival, Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden, La Coruña Festival (Spain), Holland Festival (Amsterdam), toured to Rotterdam, Mikkeli (Finland), Edinburgh, Eilat and many others.
In 2017 he made Bolshoi Theatre debut as Giorgio Germont (La Traviata).
1st prize at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers’ Competition
1st prize at the International Elena Obraztsova Young Opera Singers’ Competition
1st prize at the International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocalists’ Competition
Prizewinner of the Pavel Lisitsian International Competition
2nd prize at the All-Russian Nadezhda Obukhova Competition
2nd prize at the 'Competizione dell'Opera' International Singing Contest of Italian Opera
Russia’s Golden Mask National Theatre Prize for the role of Ivan Karamazov in The Brothers Karamazov production (“Best Male Role in Opera”)
'Golden Sofit' St Petersburg Theatre Prize for the role of Robert Iolanta production (“Best Male Role in Musical Theatre”)
The Montblanc New Voices Award
Giorgio Germont (La Traviata)
Count Tomsky (The Queen of Spades)
Escamillo (Carmen)
Baron Scarpia (Tosca)
Rodrigo (Don Carlo)
Grigory Gryaznoy (The Tsar’s Bride)
Count Tomsky (The Queen of Spades) — Mariinsky Theatre, Frankfurt Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, Holland Festival in Amsterdam, Metropolitan Opera
Onegin (Eugene Onegin) — Mariinsky Theatre, Opéra de Lyon, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, Opéra de Montecarlo
Iago (Otello) — Mariinsky Theatre, Semperoper Dresden
Renato (Un ballo in maschera) — Oper Graz (Austria), Opernhaus Zürich, Metropolitan Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (War and Peace) — Mariinsky Theatre, Metropolitan Opera
Andrei Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov) — Mariinsky Theatre, Metropolitan Opera
Valentin (Faust) — Mariinsky Theatre, Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera
Count di Luna (Il trovatore) — Opéra National de Bordeaux, Bayerische Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Baron Scarpia (Tosca) — Mariinsky Theatre, Opéra de Lyon, Semperoper Dresden, Wiener Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt am Main
Robert (Iolanta) — Salzburg Festival, Teatro Real de Madrid, Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Metropolitan Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Marcello (La Bohème) — Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
Sir Ricardo Forth (I puritani) — Metropolitan Opera, Müpa Budapest
Grigory Gryaznoi (The Tsar’s Bride) — Mariinsky Theatre, Carnegie Hall in New York)
Fyodor Poyarok (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia) — Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Mariinsky Theatre
Duke of Nottingham (Roberto Devereux) — Opernhaus Zürich
Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor) — Mariinsky Theatre, Opernhaus Zürich
Giorgio Germont (La Traviata) — Mariinsky Theatre, Bayerische Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera
Chorèbe (Les Troyens) — Mariinsky Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Escamillo (Carmen) — Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Mariinsky Theatre
Don Carlo (La forza del destino) — Mariinsky Theatre, Semperoper Dresden
Boyar Fyodor Shaklovity (Khovanshchina) — Milan’s La Scala
Amonasro (Aida) — Grand Théâtre de Genève, Mariinsky Theatre
Macbeth (Macbeth, in concert) — Berlin Staatsoper
Amfortas (Parsifal) — Mariinsky-II, Philharmonie de Paris
Ivan Karamazov (Smelkov’s The Brothers Karamazov) — Mariinsky Theatre
Silvio (Pagliacci) — Mariinsky Theatre
Michonnet (Adriana Lecouvreur) — Mariinsky Theatre
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev, LSO Live
Slovenian Chamber Choir, Slovenian Philarmonic Orchestra, conductor Emmanuel Villaume; Deutsche Grammophon