Semishkur
Sergei Semishkur was born in Kirov. In 2003 he graduated from the Nizhny-Novgorod State Glinka Conservatoire (faculties of choral conducting and academic vocals). The same year he joined the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers.
Since 2007 he has been a soloist with the Mariinsky Opera Company.
In 2006 he took part in a production of the opera La Bohème at the Opera House in Warsaw (Rodolfo). In 2013 he performed the role of Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor) at the Metropolitan Opera.
Sergei Semishkur frequently performs on tour, appearing at the world’s most prestigious concert venues, among them Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, the Barbican Hall in London, Royal Opera House in Stockholm, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Deutsche Oper in Berlin. The singer has taken part in various opera festivals around the world including festivals in Savonlinna and Mikkeli (Finland), the Salzburg Festival (Austria), the Edinburgh Festival (Scotland) and the Red Sea Festival in Eilat (Israel).
In 2018 he debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre as Pretender (Boris Godunov).
Prize-winner at the International Lisitsian Competition
Diploma and special prize recipient at the International Elena Obraztsova Competition
Prize-winner at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition
The Pretender (Boris Godunov)
Gabriel von Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus, concert performance)
Guidon (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Lykov (The Tsar's Bride)
Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor) — Metropolitan Opera, Mariinsky Theatre
The Pretender (Boris Godunov) — Mariinsky Theatre, Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kazan
Prince Andrey Khovansky (Khovanshchina) — Mariinsky Theatre
Mikhailo Tucha (The Maid of Pskov) — Mariinsky Theatre
Lykov (The Tsar's Bride) — Mariinsky Theatre, Shanghai Grand Theatre
Vaudémont (Iolanta) — Grand Theatre in Warsaw
Guidon (The Tale of Tsar Saltan) — Mariinsky Theatre
Prince (Rusalka) — Mariinsky Theatre
Lensky (Eugene Onegin) — Mariinsky Theatre
Andrei Morozov (The Oprichnik) — Mariinsky Theatre
Vakula a blacksmith (Christmas Eve) — Mariinsky Theatre
Young Gypsy (Aleko) — Mariinsky Theatre, Théâtre La Monnaie in Brussels
Paolo (Francesca da Rimini) — Théâtre La Monnaie in Brussels
Alexei, First Croupier (The Gambler) — Mariinsky Theatre
Truffaldino (Love for Three Oranges) — Mariinsky Theatre
Nose (The Nose) — Mariinsky Theatre
Sergei (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) — Mariinsky Theatre
Oedipus (Oedipus Rex, in concert) — Mariinsky Theatre
Nozdryov (Shchedrin’s Dead Souls) — Mariinsky Theatre
Edgardo and Arturo Bucklaw (Lucia di Lammermoor) — Mariinsky Theatre
Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto) — Mariinsky Theatre
Alfredo (La Traviata) — Mariinsky Theatre
Cassio (Otello) — Mariinsky Theatre
Rodolfo (La Bohème) — Grand Theatre in Warsaw, Mariinsky Theatre
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) — Mariinsky Theatre
Benvenuto Cellini (Benvenuto Cellini) — Mariinsky Theatre, Salzburg Festival
Énée (Les Troyens) — Mariinsky Theatre
Le docteur Faust (Faust) — Mariinsky Theatre
Hoffmann (Les contes d’Hoffmann) — Mariinsky Theatre
Remendado (Carmen) — Mariinsky Theatre
Helmsman (Der fliegende Holländer) — Mariinsky Theatre
Froh (Das Rheingold) — Mariinsky Theatre
Števa (Jenůfa) — Mariinsky Theatre
Albert Gregor (The Makropulos Affair) — Mariinsky Theatre
Edrisi (Król Roger) — Mariinsky Theatre
Andrei (Mazeppa) — Mariinsky Theatre
Don Jerom (Betrothal in a Monastery) — Mariinsky Theatre
Tsar Berendei (The Snow Maiden) — Mariinsky Theatre
Gabriel von Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus) — Mariinsky Theatre
His repertoire also includes the roles of Charles VII (The Maid of Orleans), Fenton (Falstaff), Ubaldo (Armida and Rinaldo), Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and the tenor roles in Mozart, Berlioz’ Requiem, Haydn’s oratorio The Seasons and Nelson Mass, Schubert’s Mass in G Major, Rossini’s Stabat mater, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, Rachmaninov’s The Bells and Stravinsky’s Les Noces.