Vladimir Galuzin

Tenor

• People's Artist of Russia
• Recipient of the Casta Diva Russian opera prize as "Singer of the Year" for his interpretation of Herman in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (1999)
• Holder of the honorary degree Doctor Honoris Causa and the title "Tenor of the Year" (for his interpretation of Herman in The Queen of Spades), conferred by the National Music University in Bucharest, the Rumanian National Opera House and the BIS Rumanian Cultural Foundation (2008)

Vladimir Galuzin was born in Rubtsovsk (Altai Region). He graduated from the  Novosibirsk Glinka Conservatoire in 1984. He was a soloist with the  Novosibirsk Theatre of Operetta from 1980-88, and with the Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet in 1988-89. In 1989 he joined the St Petersburg Chamber Opera Company. He has been a Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 1990.

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor)
Andrei Khovansky (Khovanshchina)
the Pretender (Boris Godunov)
Kochkarev (The Wedding)
Lensky (Eugene Onegin)
Mikhailo Tucha (The Maid of Pskov)
Herman (The Queen of Spades)
Sadko (Sadko)
Grishka Kuterma, Prince Vsevolod (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia)
Albert (The Miserly Knight)
Alexei (The Gambler)
Agrippa of Nettesheim (The Fiery Angel)
Sergei (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District)
Otello (Otello)
Don Carlo (Don Carlo)
Radames (Aida)
Canio (I pagliacci)
Cavaradossi (Tosca)
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly)
Calaf (Turandot)
Grieux (Manon Lescaut)

Vladimir Galuzin is one of the world's leading tenors. He is recognised as the best interpreter of the roles of Otello and Herman, which he has sung At the  majority of opera houses in Europe and the USA. He appears as a guest soloist at the Netherlands Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, L'Opera de la Bastille, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the  Metropolitan Opera, as well as at the atres in Vienna, Florence, Milan, Salzburg, Madrid, Amsterdam, Dresden and New York. He is also a frequent guest at international festivals in Bregenz, Salzburg (Austria), Edinburgh (Scotland), Moncerrato (Spain), Verona (Italy) and Orange (France).
In 2008 Vladimir Galuzin gave solo concerts at Carnegie Hall and the New Jersey Opera House, and also sang the role of Canio at the Houston Grand Opera.

Vladimir Galuzin has taken part in recordings of Khovanshchina (Andrei Khovansky), Sadko (Sadko), The Fiery Angel (Agrippa of Nettesheim) and The Maid of Pskov (Mikhailo Tucha) with the Mariinsky Theatre Opera Company and Orchestra (recorded by Philips Classics and NHK).

Personal website: www.vladimirgalouzine.com 

 

Changes to the playbill

Today Thu, 29 Jul 2010

Changes to the playbill

Information for audiences:

On 24 October, instead of the planned performance of the opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and an evening of piano music, at 15.00, the Mariinsky Theatre will now be staging a premiere of the opera Věc Makropulos (The Makropoulos Affair).
Tickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

On 28 October, the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre will now commence at 18.00 and not at 19.00 as previously announced.
Tickets remain valid

On 29 October at the Mariinsky Theatre, instead of a recital there will be a concert performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tsar’s Bride featuring Olga Borodina as Lyubasha.
Tickets remain valid

The performance of the ballet La Sylphide at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 30 October, has been moved to 31 October, starting at 19.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The performance of the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 31 October, has been moved to 30 October, starting at 17.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The management would like to offer its apologies