Igor Golovatenko

Baritone

Igor Golovatenko is a first prize winner of the St Petersburg ‘Three Centuries of Classical Romance’ international piano-vocal duets competition (2008) and a second prize winner in Dresden’s International vocal competition, the Competizione dell’Opera (2011).

Igor Golovatenko studied at the Moscow Academy of the Choral Arts with Professor Dmitry Vdovin. Made his debut in the 2006 Russian premiere of Delius’ Eine Messe des Lebens with the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Spivakov.

In 2007-2014 he was a soloist with the Novaya Opera, where his roles included Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, Germont in La Traviata, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia directed by Elijah Moshinsky, Olivier in Capriccio, Robert in Iolanta and the title role of Eugene Onegin.

Igor Golovatenko made his debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in 2010 as Dr. Falke in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus.

In January 2017 he performed Don Alvaro in Il Viaggio a Reims at the Bolshoi Theatre (concert version, conductor Tugan Sokhiev), and in 2018 sang the same part in new production of the opera (director Damiano Michieletto).