AndreyZhilikhovsky
- Baritone
About Andrey
Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky completed his studies in choral conducting at the Stefan Nyaga Musical College in Chișinău, Moldova. Whilst at college, he also studied as a vocalist and upon graduation was given a place at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St Petersburg where he made his debut in the title role in Eugene Onegin.
Recent highlights for Andrey include his debut at the Royal Opera House as Marcello in Richard Jones' acclaimed production of La bohème. He also returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper in a role debut as Andrei Bolkonski in a new production of Prokofiev’s War and Peace, under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski. In the summer of 2023, Andrey returned to Glyndebourne to make his debut in the title role in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
The 2024-2025 season will see Andrey make his debut at Finnish National Opera as Rodrigo in Verdi’s Don Carlo. Later in the season, he will return to the Metropolitan Opera as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and the Bayerische Staatsoper as Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte.
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Season Highlights
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La bohème – ‘O Mimi, tu piu non torni' (The Royal Opera)
Juan Diego Flórez & Andrey Zhilikhovsky perform at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2022) Credit: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Andrey Zhilikhovsky: Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' - Figaro aria
Baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky sings Figaro's aria 'Largo al factotum' at the Bolshoi Young Artists performance in 2020 Credit: Bolshoi Young Artists
Andrey Zhilikhovsky - Le nozze di Figaro / Hai già vinta la causa... Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, 2018 Conte d'Almaviva: Andrey Zhilikhovsky Direttore: Stefano Montanari Regia: Graham Vick Credit: Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Andrey Zhilikvhosky - Eugene Onegin: "Uzhel ta samaja Tatiana"
The Icelandic Opera Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky Premiere October 22nd 2016 Conductor: Benjamin Levy Stage director: Anthony Pilavachi Credit: Icelandic Opera
Andrey Zhilikhovsky: Eugene Ongin (Kogda bï zhizn domashnim krugom)
Andrei Zhilikhovsky sings the title role in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at the Icelandic Opera. Credit: Icelandic Opera
Selected Repertoire
Bizet
Les Pecheurs des Perles (Zurga)
Donizetti
Don Pasquale (Malatesta) • L’elisir d’amore (Belcore)
Gounod
Faust (Valentin) • Romeo et Juliette (Mercutio)
Leonvallo
Pagliacci (Silvio)
Massenet
Cherubin (Count) • Werther (Albert)
Mozart
Don Giovanni (title role) • Le nozze di Figaro (Conte) • Così fan tutte (Guglielmo)
Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov (Shelkalov)
Prokofiev
War and Peace (Andrei Bolkonski)
Puccini
La Bohème (Marcello)
Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) • Le Comte Ory
Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Onegin) • Pique Dame (Yeletsky) • Iolanta (Robert)
Verdi
Don Carlo (Rodrigo)
News
Salzburger Festspiele to feature 16 Askonas Holt artists
18 Askonas Holt artists to appear at The Metropolitan Opera in 2024/25
Double debuts at Glyndebourne
Sextet of debuts in War and Peace
Andrey Zhilikhovsky debuts at the Royal Opera House as Marcello in La bohème
Andrey Zhilikhovsky debuts at Bayerische Staatsoper
Press
La Boheme (Puccini)
Royal Opera House, Covent GardenJan 2024 - Feb 2024Andrey Zhilikhovsky, one of today’s best young baritones, is marvellous as Marcello, sounding glorious and wonderfully moving [...].
- Tim Ashley, The Guardian
- 26 January 2024
The dominant personality here, though, is the artist Marcello, with an outstanding performance by Andrey Zhilikhovsky who commands the stage.
- Nicholas Kenyon, The Telegraph
- 26 January 2024
Song Series (Rachmaninov)
Wigmore HallJan 2024Zhilikhovsky’s delivery was no less flexible. There’s an astonishing sonority to his voice that really resounds in his mid range.
- Barry Creasy, MusicOMH
- 18 January 2024
Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
Bratislava Music FestivalSep 2023The Moldavian baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky was not far behind him as Robert [...] in a fiery aria and a duet with a tenorist, he attracted attention with the extraordinary qualities of his voice (he also sings on the world's leading stages), impressive timbre, elegant phrasing and impressive high position. We will be hearing a lot more about this young baritone.
- Pavel Unger, Opera Slovakia
- 29 September 2023
Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Glyndebourne Opera FestivalMay 2023Giovanni is sung (and acted) by Andrey Zhilikhovsky with considerable style and gusto.
- Barry Millington, Evening Standard
- 22 May 2023
Andrey Zhilikhovsky was magnetic in the title role, hurling himself voraciously into an angry Champagne Aria, although he found tenderness for his Serenade.
- Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack
- 20 May 2023
As the titular libertine, Andrey Zhilikhovsky was commanding, conflicted and complex, charging about the stage, rampant and reckless, but finding stillness and sweetness in his serenade.
- Claire Seymour, Opera Today
- 21 May 2023
In the title role, Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky was firm-lined and suave in looks, voice and phrasing. ...he was a constant source of humour, expressiveness and allure. He seems to change the size and texture of his voice to his surroundings and his role: whereas his Marcello in La bohème at Covent Garden last autumn had big-scale macho force, his Giovanni, in the smaller space of Glyndebourne, sounded disarmingly intimate, often wonderfully hushed. He plants words as if directly into your ear.
- Alastair Macaulay, Financial Times
- 23 May 2023
Zhilikovsky sounds as attractive as he looks, which makes him very dangerous
- Tim Ashley, The Guardian
- 20 May 2023
La boheme (Puccini)
Royal Opera House, Covent GardenOct 2022She’s well matched with the scene-stealing Marcello of Andrey Zhilikhovsky, making an impressive Royal Opera debut. Is it wrong to wonder whether the most heartfelt love duet in this opera might in fact be the one for Rodolfo and his bromance buddy?
- Erica Jeal, The Guardian
- 16 October 2022
Andrey Zhilikhovsky made an outstanding Covent Garden debut with his strongly sung Marcello
- Jim Pritchard, Seen and Heard International
- 22 October 2022
As Marcello, Andrey Zhilikhovsky reveals an extremely persuasive baritone and his duet ‘O Mimì, tu più non torni’ with Flórez is outstanding as the two singers create sounds that work extremely well together
- Sam Smith, Opera Online
- 16 October 2022
Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikvosky, making his ROH debut, is an excellent Marcello with a voice that remains vocally solid and always focused throughout the evening. He provides such excellent support that his duet with Mimì in the third scene and the one with Rodolfo at the beginning of the fourth are among the most musically and dramatically successful moments of the evening.
- Connessi all'Opera, Peter Dall'Aglio
- 16 October 2022
Moldovan Andrey Zhilikhovsky, whose powerhouse baritone positively shook the opera house at every turn, at times overpowering his fellow performers." "Making his Covent Garden here as Marcello, this strikingly handsome young man stole many of the scenes he appeared in.
- Mike Hardy, Opera Wire
- 11 November 2023
Sextet of debuts in War and Peace
This weekend sees the opening of Bayerische Staatsoper’s new production of War and Peace, which brings a variety of debuts for six Askonas Holt artists.
Andrey Zhilikhovsky returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper in a role debut as Andrej Bolkonski. He most recently performed in Munich last May when he joined the opera house as Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia. In between, Andrey sang Don Alvaro in Il viaggio a Reims and made his Royal Opera House debut as Marcello in La bohème.
Also returning is Victoria Karkacheva who sings Hélène Besuchowa. Victoria is back in Munich next month for La traviata, and sings a variety of principal roles in new productions there in 2023-24. Next season also includes debuts for Victoria at Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Real Madrid and Teatro di San Carlo.
Making his Bayerische Staatsoper debut is Bekhzod Davronov, who also makes a role debut as Anatol Kuragin. This season sees Bekhzod sing Verdi Requiem with Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias, Bruckner’s Te Deum with Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Vasily Petrenko and a production of Janáček’s From the House of the Dead at Ruhrtriennale Festival of the Arts. Further ahead, Bekhzod makes debuts at the Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Teatro di San Carlo and the Irish National Opera.
Christina Bock also makes both house and role debuts this weekend as Marja Bolkonskaja. Earlier this year Christina joined Staatsoper Wien for L’Orfeo, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and Die Fledermaus, and will appear later this season in Ariadne auf Naxos at Teatro de la Maestranza and Die Fledermaus at Opera Royal de Wallonie. On the concert stage, Christina joins NDR Radiophilharmonie singing Mahler Symphony No.8 alongside Askonas Holt bass Mikhail Petrenko.
Also joining the cast for both house and role debuts are Dmitry Cheblykov and Nikita Volkov singing Denissow and Tichon Schtscherbaty respectively. Nikita is in his first season as a member of the opera studio at Bayerische Staatsoper, and next month sees Dmitry appear in a new production of The Idiot at the Theater an der Wien.
The production runs until 18 March and returns for two additional performances as part of the Opernfestspiele in July. The premiere on 5 March will be broadcast as a livestream on STAATSOPER.TV, on BR-Klassik and arte.tv/opera.
