Pavel Shmulevich

• Prize-winner at the VII International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers’ Competition (St Petersburg, 2006)
• Prize-winner at the VI International Elena Obraztsova Competition (St Petersburg, 2007)
• Diploma-recipient at the V International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers’ Competition (St Petersburg, 2002)
• Diploma-recipient at the I International Lisitsian Competition (Vladikavkaz, 2003)

Pavel Shmulevich was born in St Petersburg. Graduated from the vocal faculty of the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (class of Professor Khanedanian). Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers since 2000. Made his Mariinsky Theatre debut in 2001 as Antonio in the opera Il viaggio a Reims.

Roles performed at the Mariinsky Theatre include:
a Monk (The Stone Guest in concert)
Footman (The Marriage)
Scribe (May Night)
Bomely (The Maid of Pskov)
Fine People (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia in concert)
Chamberlain (Le Rossignol)
the Magician Celio, Farfarello (The Love for Three Oranges)
the Countess’ Footman, Caretaker, Policeman, Khozrev Mirza (The Nose)
Mizhuev (Dead Souls in concert)
Paul the Apostle (The Mystery of Paul the Apostle)
Flyagin, Storyteller (The Enchanted Wanderer)
Antonio (Il viaggio a Reims)
Count Ceprano (Rigoletto)
Monk (Don Carlo)
Alcalde (La forza del destino)
Alcindoro, Schaunard (La bohème)
Sacrist (Tosca)
An Old Hebrew (Samson et Dalila)
Voice of the Oracle of Neptune (Idomeneo, re di Creta)
Antonio (Le nozze di Figaro)
Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte)
Truffaldino (Ariadne auf Naxos)
Orest’s Tutor (Elektra)

The singer’s repertoire also includes the roles of Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Colas (Bastien und Bastienne), Rocco (Fidelio), Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), King Heinrich (Loghengrin) and the bass roles in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Stravinsky’s Le Renard.

He has taken part in Mariinsky Theatre tours to Paris (Théâtre du Châtelet, Il viaggio a Reims, 2005), London (Coliseum, Moscow, Cheryomushki and The Nose, 2006), Washington (Kennedy Center, Il viaggio a Reims, 2007), Tokyo (The Love for Three Oranges, 2008), New York (Avery Fisher Hall, The Love for Three Oranges, 2008) and Stockholm (Elektra, 2008).

In 2004 he took part in a new production of the operetta Moscow, Cheryomushki at the Opéra de Lyons (France). The same year, he performed the role of Celio (The Love for Three Oranges) in Aix-en-Provence, a role he also sang in Luxembourg (2005) and at the Teatro Real in Madrid (2006). In 2006 he took part in a performance of Shostakovich’s musical tale The Silly Little Mouse at the BBC Proms. Since 2008 he has been a student at the Accademia Montegral, directed by Gustav Kuhn. In 2009 at the Moscow Easter Festival he took part in a performance of the opera Le Rossignol (as the Chamberlain) in Moscow and the opera Il viaggio a Reims (as Antonio) in Yaroslavl. That year he performed the roles of the Night Watchman and Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) at the Tyrolean Festival. In the 2009-2010 season he appeared at the Anhaltische Theater Dessau, performing the roles of King Heinrich (Lohengrin) and Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) as well as taking part in an opera gala.

He has worked with conductors including Pierre Boulez, Yuri Bashmet, Alexander Lazarev and Mikko Franck.

His discography includes DVD recordings of the operas The Love for Three Oranges (Celio, Aix en Provence, 2004) and I viaggio a Reims (Antonio, Théâtre du Châtelet, 2005).