Nikolai Schukoff (Tenor) The Austrian tenor, born in Graz, is one of the promising young voices on the
international opera and concert circuit. After his studies at the "Mozarteum"
Salzburg, he had his successful debut in May 1996 as "Alfredo" in La Traviata in
Gelsenkirchen (Germany). While "en troupe" in Gelsenkirchen, he was already
invited for guest appearances to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dьsseldorf, to
Salzburg, the Opйra de Lyon, the Thйвtre du Chвtelet and to the Opйra Comique in
Paris as well as to the Scottish Opera and to the Sydney Opera.
The international break through came with more dramatic roles such
as "Siegmund" in a concert version of Walkьre's first act at the Philharmonie
Berlin in December 2006 as well as "Parsifal" at the Bavarian State Opera Munich
in April 2007. Other highlights include his portrayal of "Sergej" in Lady
Macbeth von Mzensk at the Grand Thйвtre de Genиve as well as the operetta galas
at the 2007 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, followed by "Don Josй" / CARMEN
at the Thйвtre du Chвtelet in Paris, "Max" / Der Freischьtz at the Grand Thйвtre
de Genиve, "Danilo" / Merry Widow at the Hamburg State Opera as well as
"Parsifal", "Dionysus" / The Bassarides, "Eisenstein" / FLEDERMAUS and "Erik" /
FLYING DUTCHMAN at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and at the Edinburgh
Festival. Mr. Schukoff also performed Parsifal in a concert version at the
Palace of Arts in Budapest and in Santiago de Compostela as well as "Steva" /
JENUFA at the Teatro Real in Madrid, "Pollione" / NORMA at the Thйвtre du
Chвtelet in Paris, "Parsifal" at the Dresden State Opera, "Don Josй" / CARMEN at
the Festival of Baden-Baden and at the Zurich Opera, "Pylades" in IPHIGENIE EN
TAURIDE in Barcelona, "Jim Mahoney" / MAHAGONNY in Toulouse, Don Josй" / CARMEN
in Hamburg, LA PAGINA EN BLANCO, a creation at the Teatro Real in Madrid,
Parsifal" in Munich and Paris as well as "Loge" / RHEINGOLD in
Montreal, Among the future projects: "Quint/Prologue" / THE TURN OF
THE SCREW in Vienna, "Grigori Otrepjew" (the wrong Dimitry) / BORIS GODUNOV as
well as "Bacchus" / ARIADNE AUF NAXOS in Valencia, the title part in a new
production of PARSIFAL in Lyon as well as in a revival in Hamburg, "Florestan"
in a concert version of FIDELIO at the Prague Spring Festival, "Erik" / FLYING
DUTCHMAN in Hamburg, "The Prince" / RUSALKA in Gothenburg, "Don Josй" in a new
production of CARMEN at the Hamburg State Opera, "Danilo" / DIE LUSTIGE WITWE at
the Teatro Real in Madrid, "Enйe" / LES TROYENS in Barcelona,
etc. In 2005, he appeared with the Orchestra dell'Accademia di
Santa Cecilia in Rome under Gustavo Dudamel with Beethoven's 9th Symphony, at
the San Sebastian Festival with Mahler's 8th Symphony and, at the Vienna
Musikverein, with Schmidt's Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (including a CD
production). He performed Das Lied von der Erde with the Radio Orchestra at the
Concertgebouw Amsterdam as well as with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the
Lucerne Festival and at the Berlin Festival and with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London - all under Christoph Eschenbach.
Mr. Schukoff also appeared in Mahler's 8th Symphony in Paris-Bercy with the
Orchestre de Paris under Christoph Eschenbach and in Beethoven's 9th Symphony
with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig under Riccardo Chailly as well as with the
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Marek Janowski in Basel, Lausanne and
Geneva and with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, again under Marek Janowski,
at the Philharmonie Berlin. In 2008/09 the artist was invited to perform
Schцnberg's Gurrelieder at the Festival of Saragossa and in Bacelona, followed
by Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under
Christoph Eschenbach, "Siegmund" / Walkьre 1st act with the Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande under Marek Janowski in Geneva and in Lausanne, Mahler's 8th
Symphony in Copenhagen under Ion Marin as well as Beethoven's 9th Symphony in
Madrid and at the Festival de Saint-Denis, Das Lied von der Erde with the
Orchestre de Paris under Christoph Eschenbach in Paris, Das klagende Lied with
the Orchestre National de France under Daniele Gatti in Paris, Verdi's Requiem
with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC under Christoph
Eschenbach, Missa Solemnis with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Lisbon,
"Guido Bardi" in Zemlinsky's Eine florentinische Tragцdie and Bruckner's TE DEUM
with the Orchestra dell'Accademia di Sta.Cecilia in Rome.
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