Fyodor Kuznetsov

A native of Sverdlovsk, graduated from the Glinka Music Conservatory in Nizhny-Novgorod (Gorky) in 1989 (Prof. E. Krestinsky). He has won the first prize of the All-Russian Vocal Competition in 1987. Fyodor Kuznetsov was the leading soloist of the St. Petersburg`s Mussorgsky Opera from 1987 till 1997. He is a principal singer of the Mariinsky Theatre / Kirov Opera since 1996. Parts performed by the singer include Boris Godunov, Pimen and Varlaam (Boris Godunov), Dosifei (Khovanschina), King Rene (Iolanta), Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Philipp II and Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo), Colline (La Boheme), Farlaff (Russlan and Lyudmila), Ivan The Terrible (Pskovitianka), The King (Aida), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Klingsor (Parsifal), Hunding (Die Walkiire), Mendoza (Betrothal in a Monastery) as well as the title parts of Rimsky-Korsakov`s The Tale of Tsar Saltan and Petrov`s Peter the Great (The bass won the 1994 St. Petersburg Laureate Prize for his performance in the latter).

Fyodor Kuznetsov has sung on the most important opera stages of Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Greece and the United States (Metropolitan Opera). The Russian artist’ concert repertoire includes Mozart’s Requiem, Bruckner’s Missa Solemnis, Rossini`s Stabat Mater, Mahler’s Eighth, Beethoven’s Ninth and Shostakovich’s Fourteenth Symphonies. Kuznetsov can be heard on recordings of Betrothal in a Monastery and Boris Godunov for Philips as well as on several CDs for Rene Gailly (Belgium), Delos (USA) and Northern Flowers (Russia).


	A native of Sverdlovsk, graduated from the Glinka Music Conservatory in Nizhny-Novgorod (Gorky) in 1989 (Prof. E. Krestinsky). He has won the first prize of the All-Russian Vocal Competition in 1987. Fyodor Kuznetsov was the leading soloist of the St. Petersburg`s Mussorgsky Opera from 1987 till 1997. He is a principal singer of the Mariinsky Theatre / Kirov Opera since 1996. Parts performed by the singer include Boris Godunov, Pimen and Varlaam (Boris Godunov), Dosifei (Khovanschina), King Rene (Iolanta), Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Philipp II and Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo), Colline (La Boheme), Farlaff (Russlan and Lyudmila), Ivan The Terrible (Pskovitianka), The King (Aida), Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Klingsor (Parsifal), Hunding (Die Walkiire), Mendoza (Betrothal in a Monastery) as well as the title parts of Rimsky-Korsakov`s The Tale of Tsar Saltan and Petrov`s Peter the Great (The bass won the 1994 St. Petersburg Laureate Prize for his performance in the latter). Fyodor Kuznetsov has sung on the most important opera stages of Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, Japan, Greece and the United States (Metropolitan Opera). The Russian artist’ concert repertoire includes Mozart’s Requiem, Bruckner’s Missa Solemnis, Rossini`s Stabat Mater, Mahler’s Eighth, Beethoven’s Ninth and Shostakovich’s Fourteenth Symphonies. Kuznetsov can be heard on recordings of Betrothal in a Monastery and Boris Godunov for Philips as well as on several CDs for Rene Gailly (Belgium), Delos (USA) and Northern Flowers (Russia).

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