Sergei Semishkur

• Prize-winner at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition (St Petersburg, 2006)
• Prize-winner at the International Lisitsian Competition (Vladikavkaz, 2003)
• Diploma and special prize recipient at the International Elena Obraztsova Competition (Moscow, 2005)

Sergei Semishkur was born in Kirov. Graduated from the Nizhny-Novgorod State Glinka Conservatoire in 2003 (faculties of choral conducting and academic vocals).
Soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers from the same year. Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 2007.

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor)
Grigory Otrepiev (Boris Godunov)
Kuzka (Khovanshchins)
Lykov (The Tsar's Bride)
Guidon (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)
Lensky (Eugene Onegin)
Chekalinsky (The Queen of Spades)
Vakula a blacksmith (Christmas Eve)
Young Gypsy (Aleko in concert)
First Croupier (The Gambler)
Truffaldino (Love for Three Oranges)
Genaro (Maddalena in concert)
Nose (The Nose)
Oedipus (Oedipus Rex in concert)
Nozdryov (Dead Souls)
Edgardo, Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Duke (Rigoletto)
Cassio (Otello)
Rodolfo (La bohème)
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly)
Benvenuto Cellini (Benvenuto Cellini)
Énée (Les Troyens)
Remendado (Carmen)
Steersman (Der Fliegende Holländer)
Froh (Das Rheingold)
Brighella (Ariadne auf Naxos)
Števa (Jenůfa)
Albert Gregor (The Makropulos Affair)
Edrisi (Król Roger)

Repertoire also includes the roles of King Charles VII (The Maid of Orleans), Vaudemont (Iolanta), Alfredo (La traviata), Fenton (Falstaff), Ubalde (Armida e Rinaldo), Ferrando (Così fan tutte) and the tenor roles in Mozart's Requiem, Haydn's Mass in G Major and The Seasons, Verdi's Requiem, Webber's Requiem, Schubert's Mass in G Major, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Mahler's symphony No. 8 and Stravinsky's Les noces.

Sergei Semishkur has taken part in Mariinsky Theatre tours, as well as appearing independently as a chamber singer in Spain, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Finland, Luxemburg, the UK, Austria, the USA and Israel.
In 2006 Sergei Semishkur took part in a production of the opera La bohème, performing as Rodolfo at the Warsaw Opera, and in 2007 he appeared in a production of Benvenuto Cellini at the Salzburg Festspiele.
In the 2009-2010 season he performed the tenor role in Verdi’s Requiem alongside Bryn Terfel and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in Cardiff and alongside René Pape and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in Munich (conducted by Valery Gergiev).