Alexei Markov

Baritone

• Prize-winner at the International Lisitsian Competition (Vladikavkaz, 2003)
• Prize-winner at the VI International Rimsky-Korsakov Young Opera Singer's Competition (St Petersburg, 2004)
• Prize-winner at the I All-Union Nadezhda Obukhova Competition (Lipetsk, 2005)
• Prize-winner at the IV International Elena Obraztsova Young Opera Singers' Competition (St Petersburg, 2005)
• Recipient of the 2nd prize at the international Competizione dell' Opera (Dresden, 2006)
• Recipient of the 1st prize at the International Moniuszko Competition (Warsaw, 2007)
• Recipient of Russia’s national Golden Mask theatre prize for the role of Ivan Karamazov in the opera The Brothers Karamazov (nominated for “Best male role in opera”, 2009)

Alexei Markov was born in Vyborg. Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers (2001–2008). Soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre since 2008.

At the Mariinsky Theatre he has performed the following roles:
Don Carlo (The Stone Guest)
Gryaznoi (The Tsar's Bride)
Onegin (Eugene Onegin)
Yeletsky and Tomsky (The Queen of Spades)
Andrei Bolkonsky (War and Peace)
Ivan (The Brothers Karamazov)
Giorgio Germont (La traviata)
Renato (Un ballo in maschera)
Henri Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Don Carlo (La forza del destino)
Scarpia (Tosca)
Chorèbe (Les Troyens)

Alexei Markov has given solo concerts in Finland, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Austria, the USA and Turkey. He has also appeared with the Mariinsky Opera Company in Rotterdam (Netherlands), at the Deutsche Oper (Germany), the Mikkeli Festival (Finland), the Lincoln Center (New York), the Barbican Hall (London).

From 2006–2008 Alexei Markov performed as a guest soloist with the Oper Frankfurt (The Queen of Spades, Tosca), Dresden´s Semperoper (Otello) and the opera house in Graz in Austria (Un ballo in maschera).

In the 2007–2008 season he made his Metropolitan Opera debut (New York) as Andrei Bolkonsky (War and Peace); in the 2008–2009 season he has already appeared as Eugene Onegin at the La Coruña festival (Spain) and as Gryaznoi (The Tsar´s Bride) at Carnegie Hall (with the New York Symphony Orchestra).

Alexey Markov's heroic baritone with a slight metallic snarl in the tone was impressive as Ivan (Karamazov), particularly as he became more and more incensed and then descended into madness

MusicalCriticism.com


… These ninety minutes were an absolute triumph thanks to the fact that in the ‘Russian-style’ agility and power of bass singer Alexei Markov, as well as Anna Netrebko, we were faced with two first-class singers.

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