Malik, Azat
No. 46
Voice type: Baritone
Country: Kazakhstan
Date of birth: 16 March, 1991
The baritone/bass-baritone was born in Kazakhstan in 1991. He graduated from the National University of the Arts in Kazakhstan with a bachelor’s degree and then a master’s degree in 2019, attending also a master’s training at the Liszt Academy from 2018 to 2021. As an exchange student, he took classes at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome and attended Paolo Bosisio’s master classes in opera dramaturgy at the University of Milan. He has performed in many countries and has received honourable mentions in competitions, such as the Maria Bieșu and Bibigul Tulegenova International Opera Competitions. He also entered for the 2nd Éva Marton International Singing Competition in 2016. He is currently a guest artist at the Hungarian State Opera and the Astana Opera in Kazakhstan. His repertoire includes the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Malatesta in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Ford in Verdi’s Falstaff and Ping in Puccini’s Turandot.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: I’ vidi in terra angelici costumi (Sonetto 123 di Petrarca)
Giordano: Nemico della Patria?!... Un dì m’era di gioia – Gérard’s recitative and aria from Andrea Chénier
Borodin: Ni sna, ni otdyha... – Prince Igor’s aria from Prince Igor
Semi-final
Tchaikovsky: Ya vas lyublyu – Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades
Verdi: È sogno? o realtà? – Ford’s aria from Falstaff
Final
Mozart: Hai già vinta la causa! – Count Almaviva’s aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Verdi: Alzati! là tuo figlio… Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima – Renato’s recitative and aria from Un ballo in maschera
Tchaikovsky: Vy mne pisali… Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom – Onegin’s aria from Eugene Onegin