Vyacheslav Polozov
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Vyacheslav Michailovich Polozov (
Meritorious Artist
of the Byelorussian SSR.
Biography
Vyacheslav Michailovich Polozov (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Полозов) was born in the industrial city of
Kiev Conservatory), during which time he made his successful operatic debut in 1977 in the role of Alfredo in La Traviata at the National Opera of Ukraine
.
Opera career
In 1978, he became the leading tenor of the
Eva Marton and in the role of Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca at the Canadian Opera Company
. Soon he was engaged to perform in Paris, Hamburg, Barcelona, Rome, Lyon, Houston, Miami, Los Angeles, Santiago, Tokyo, and other world opera houses. He sang almost every major tenor role of the Russian, Italian, German and French repertory and evenly produced voice, brilliant upper register, and stylish singing, are shown to best effect.
Personal life
He is married to Elena Leontieva and they have two children.
Awards
- 1980 Glinka singing competition, Minsk, Belorussia - Gold Medal
- 1984 8th International Young Opera Singers Competition, Sofia, Bulgaria - Silver
- 1986 Meritorious Artistof the Byelorussian SSR
- 1986 Madama Butterfly singing competition - Tokyo, Japan - Grand Prix
Repertoire
- Alexander Borodin "Prince Igor" - Vladimir Igorevich
- Alexander Dargomyzhsky "Rusalka" - The Prince
- Charles Gounod "Faust" - Doctor Faust
- Modest Mussorgsky "Boris Godunov" - The Pretender Grigoriy
- "Khovanshchina" - Prince Andrey Khovansky and Prince Golitzin
- Sergei Prokofiev "War and Peace" - Pierre Bezukhov and Prince Kuragin
- Aleko" - Young Gypsy
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "The Snow Maiden" - Tsar Berendey
- "The Tsar's Bride" - Boyar Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" - Lensky
- "The Queen of Spades" - Gherman (Hermann)
- "Iolanta" - Count Vaudémont
- Andrea Chénier" - Andrea Chénier
- Pietro Mascagni "Cavalleria rusticana" - Turiddu
- Amilcare Ponchielli "La Gioconda" - Enzo Grimaldo
- Giacomo Puccini "Tosca" - Mario Cavaradossi
- "Madama Butterfly" - B. F. Pinkerton
- "Turandot" - Prince Calàf
- "La Bohème- Rodolfo
- Giuseppe Verdi "Aida" - Radames
- "Un ballo in maschera" - Riccardo (Gustavo)
- "La forza del destino" - Don Alvaro
- "La Traviata" - Alfredo Germont
- "Rigoletto"- Duke of Mantua
- "Il trovatore" - Manrico
- "Macbeth" - Macduff
- "Don Carlos"- Don Carlos
- Richard Wagner "Lohengrin" - Lohengrin
Recordings
- 1986 MELODIA
- 1987 "Boris Godunov" by Modest Mussorgsky, National Symphony Orchestra, under Mstislav Rostropovich, ERATO Records
- 1988 Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Canadian Opera Company, under Richard Bradshaw, PICKWICK Video
- 1994 KALINKA - Famous Russian Songs, Ossipov State Russian Folk Orchestra, conductor Nikolai Kalinin, POLEON Classics
- 1996 INDEPENDENCE - The Great Celebration of the Ukrainian Independence Choir and Orchestra of Military Forces of the Ukrainian Army, Conductor Colonel Vladimir Zibrov, POLEON Classics.
- During his career, Polozov made many Radio and TV broadcasts.
References
- http://todoperaweb.dreamhosters.com/musica/opera/giordano-andrea-chenier-id-1275.html[dead link]
- http://archive.sfopera.com/qry3webcastlist.asp?psearch=Vyacheslav%20Polozov&Submit=GO[dead link]
- http://www.lyricopera.org/about/cast-8687season.aspx
External links
- http://www.pr.ua/news.php?new=5762
- http://www.konzal.ru/theaters/natsionalnyj-akademicheskij-bolshoj-tea-0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8CzWiDQIK0
- https://picasaweb.google.com/110624188099781497133/VyacheslavPolozov#
- Interview with Vyacheslav Polozov, September 29, 1986