Zhdanov, Denys
No. 68
Voice type: Baritone/Bass-baritone
Country: Ukraine
Date of birth: 30 January, 1992
He graduated from the Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in Kyiv in 2017 in the class of Pyotr Koval. He performed Count Almaviva in the student production of Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart, Papageno in Die Zauberflote, Gasparo in Donizetti’ s Rita as well as a Captain in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. He can boast various awards and prizes from international competitions, such as the 2nd prize at the International Competition for Young Singers in Kharkiv, he again came second at the Georgy Sviridov International Chamber Singing Competition in Kursk and was semi-finalist of the Klaudia Taev Competition for Young Opera Singers in Estonia in 2017. He regularly works with the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: La tombe et la rose (V. Hugo)
Mozart: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo – Guglielmo’s Aria from Così fan tutte
Korngold: Pierrot's Tanzlied (Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen) – Fritz’s Aria from Die tote Stadt
Semi-final
Mozart: Donne mie, le fate a tanti – Guglielmo’s Aria from Così fan tutte
Bellini: Ah!, per sempre... Bel sogno beato – Sir Riccardo Forth’s Aria from I puritani
Final
Mozart: Hai gia vinta la causa... Vedro mentr'io sospiro – Almaviva’s Aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Rossini: Come un’ape ne’giorni d’aprile – Dandini’s Aria from La Cenerentola
Donizetti: Bella siccome un angelo – Doctor Malatesta’s Aria from Don Pasquale