Pyotr Viktorovich Migunov (Pyotr Migunov) |

Pyotr Migunov

Born in Leningrad. He graduated from the Glinka Choir School with a degree in choir conductor and from the vocal department of the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (class of V. Lebed). In the same place he completed postgraduate studies under Professor N. Okhotnikov.

Soloist of the State Academic Choir of St. Petersburg, with whom he performed solo parts in Verdi and Mozart’s Requiems, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Rachmaninov’s The Bells, Stravinsky’s Les Noces and many other cantata-oratorio works. He performs on the stage of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he performed the parts of Mephistopheles (Faust by Gounod), King Rene (Iolanthe by Tchaikovsky), Gremin (Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky), Sobakin (The Tsar’s Bride by Rimsky- Korsakov), Aleko (“Aleko” by Rachmaninov), Don Bartolo (“The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart), Don Basilio (“The Barber of Seville” by Rossini), Inigo (“The Spanish Hour” by Ravel), Mendoza (“The Duenna” by Prokofiev).

In 2003 he made his debut at the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, where he performed more than twenty solo parts. Among them are Pimen (Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov), Sarastro (Mozart’s The Magic Flute), Sobakin (Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride), Father Frost (Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden), The Cook (Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges). ), Timur (Puccini’s Turandot), Faust (Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel), and others. premiere, Rosenthal), Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh (Prince Yuri), Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov (Rangoni), Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Leporello), Berg’s Wozzeck (doctor), Verdi’s La Traviata (doctor), Bellini’s La sonnambula (Rudolf), Borodin’s Prince Igor (Igor), Verdi’s Don Carlos (Grand Inquisitor), Bizet’s Carmen (Zuniga), Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta (Rene). He took part in a concert performance of the opera Pelléas et Mélisande (King Arkel) on the stage of the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.

Has performed with many outstanding conductors Valery Gergiev, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Mikhail Pletnev, Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Yurovsky, Mikhail Yurovsky, Yehudi Menuhin, Vladislav Chernushenko, Alexander Vedernikov and others. Collaborated with directors Yuri Lyubimov, Eymuntas Nyakroshyus, Alexander Sokurov, Dmitry Chernyakov, Graham Vik, Francesca Zambello, Pier-Luigi Pizzi, Sergey Zhenovach and others.

He performed in the USA, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Greece, South Korea, Japan. In 2003 he made his debut at New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and in 2004 at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam).

Prize-winner at the International Competition for Young Performers in Tokyo (2005st prize), the G.V. Sviridov Competition in Kursk (XNUMXst prize), the XNUMXst Prize. M. I. Glinka (XNUMXnd Prize and Special Prize), the Mozart Competition in Salzburg (special prize), Diploma of the competitions in Krakow, Verdi Voices in Busseto (Italy), the Elena Obraztsova Young Opera Singers Competition in St. Petersburg (special prize). Honored Artist of Russia (XNUMX).