Andrei Popov

Tenor

Recipient of a special prize for performing a contemporary work at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singers' Competition (St Petersburg 1994).

Andrei Popov graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire (class of L.N. Morozov). Trained at the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers (class of G. Khanedanian). Joined the Mariinsky Opera Company in 2007.

Roles performed at the Mariinsky Theatre include:
Afanasy Ivanovich (Sorochinsky Fair)
The Simpleton (Boris Godunov)
Astrologer (The Golden Cockerel)
Distiller (May Night)
Bakula (The Snow Maiden)
Osip Nikiforovich (Christmas Eve)
Old Grandpa (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Kashchei the Immortal (Kashchei the Immortal)
Prince Nilsky (The Gambler)
District Inspector (The Nose)
The Shepherd (Oedipus Rex)
Truffaldino (The Love for Three Oranges)
Selifan (Dead souls, in concert)
Shabby Peasant (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)
Prince (The Enchanted Wanderer)
Nero (The Mystery of Paul the Apostle)
Vyrin as a young man (The Station Master)
Smerdyakov, Devil (The Brothers Karamazov)
Khristophor Burdyukov (The Lawsuit)
Grigory Storchenko (Shponka and his Aunt)
Dr Caius (Falstaff)
Goro (Madama Butterfly)
Pang (Turandot)
Iopas (Les Troyens)
Gonzalve a bachelor (L'heure Espagnole)
Don Basilio, Don Curzio (Le nozze di Figaro)
Monostasos (Die Zauberflöte)
Mime (Das Rheingold and Siegfried)
Brighella, Dancing-Master (Ariadne auf Naxos)
The Hunchbacked (Die Frau ohne Schatten)

Andrei Popov has appeared at the Mariinsky Theatre's festival in Mikkeli (Finland) and the Golden Mask festival (Moscow), performing in the opera May Night under Mikhail Pletnev.
In 2010 he performed the role of the District Inspector in Dmitry Shostakovich’s opera The Nose at the Metropolitan Opera.
Together with the Mariinsky Opera Company, he has toured to London, New York, Washington, Stockholm, Beijing, Tokyo, Helsinki, Brussels, Baden-Baden, Valencia, Paris, Tel-Aviv, Eilat, Las Palmas, Birmingham and Cardiff.

Andrei Popov as the Hunchback <in Richard Strauss’ opera Die Frau ohne Schatten> was memorable for his witty portrayal of the role.

Musical Review


Tenor Andrei Popov had the task of performing five roles all at once <in Rodion Shchedrin’s opera The Enchanted Wanderer>: the Prince, the Old Man in the Woods, the Storyteller, the Magnetiser and the Ghost of the Flogged Monk. He coped magnificently: all five appeared with character, vividly, and the singer’s voice sounded stable, even and reasonably penetrating.

Nezavisimaya Gazeta


Tenor Andrei Popov may be called the undoubted find of the performance, having acted as well as sung as Nero <in Nikolai Karetnikov’s opera The Mystery of Paul the Apostle>.

Kommersant