Roslavets, Alexander
No. 47
Voice type: Bass
Country: Belarus
Date of birth: 28 February, 1986
He received his music degree at the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in 2014, as a student of Nikolai Okhotnikov. He won the Grand Prize at the 42nd Russian National Vocal Graduates Competition in St. Petersburg; he was awarded a special prize at the 1st International Christmas Vocal Competition in Minsk, first prize at the 7th International Competition of Opera Singers «Saint-Petersburg» and was awarded a certificate for his accomplishments at the 10th International Competition of Elena Obraztsova. While still a student at the Conservatory, he performed the role of Prince Gudal in Anton Rubinstein’s Demon and the part of Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust at the St. Petersburg Open Air Festival. In 2012, he acted in the role of Kuno and Kilian in Der Freischütz accompanied by the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. In September 2014, he joined the Young Artist Program of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, where he debuted in the part of Marchese d'Obigny in La Traviata conducted by Turgan Sokhiev.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Im Rhein, im schönen Strome (H. Heine)
Tchaikovsky: Gaspot'moj, jesli greshen ja (My Lord, if I have sinned) – King Rene’s Aria from Iolanta
Bizet: Quand la flamme de l’amour – Ralph’s Aria from La jolie fille de Perth
Semi-final
Verdi: Come dal ciel precipita – Banco’s Romance from Macbeth
Weber: Schweig, schweig, damit dich niemand warnt! – Caspar’s Aria from Der Freischütz
Final
Verdi: Infelice!.. e tuo credevi – Don Ruy Gomez de Silva’s Aria from Ernani
Prokofiev: Velichavaya, v solnechnyh luchah – Kutuzov’s Aria from War and Peace
Gounod: Song of the Golden Calf (Le veau d'or est toujours debout!) – Mèphistophélès’ Aria from Faust