Vladimir Ognev

Honored Artist of Russia

He has been working at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet theatre since 2013. In 1994 he has graduated from the Novosibirsk State Conservatory named after M. I. Glinka (A. Zhukov’s studio). Since 1992 he has been a soloist with the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet theatre, since 1993 he has been a soloist with the State Chamber Musical theatre “Sankt-Peterburg Opera”. Since 1996 he has been a soloist with the Helikon-Opera theatre. Since 2005 he has been a guest soloist with the Bolshoi theatre. Since 2001 he works with M. Dzhalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater, Zazerkalye theatre and many other.

His vast repertoire includes the following parts: Bartolo (Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini), Falstaff (Falstaff by Verdi), Peter the Great (The North Star by Meyerbeer), Leporello (Don Giovanni by Mozart), Banco (Macbeth by Verdi), Pimen and Varlaam (Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky), Lindorf and Miracle (The Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach), Boris Timofeyevich (Katerina Izmailova by Shostakovich), Galitsky (Prince Igor by Borodin), Gremin (Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky), Rene and Bertrand (Iolanta by Tchaikovsky), Tsar Dodon (The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov), Nikolay Bolkonsky (War and Peace by Prokofiev), Zuniga (Carmen by Bizet), Porgy (Porgy and Bess by Gershwin), Sobakin (Tsar’s bride by Rimsky-Korsakov), Salieri (Mozart and Salieri by Rimsky-Korsakov), Polyphemus (Acis and Galatea by Handel), bass part in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Bernstein’s “Opening Prayer”, Biber’s “Requiem”, Timur (Turandot by Puccini), bass part in Mozart’s “Requiem”, Bartolo (La Nozze di Figaro by Mozart), Sholom-Ber (Black Bridle of White Mare by Yuri Sherling), bass part of the Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13, Handel’s “Messiah”, Anton Bruckner’s Requiem, “Les Noces” by Stravinsky, Gavryushka (The Gamblers by Shostakovich), Mustafa, Haly (L'italiana in Algeri by Rossini), bass part in “Oratorio Pathetique” by Sviridov, Don Alfonso (Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart), Schaunard (La Bohème by Puccini), Dottore Grenvil (La Traviata by Verdi), The King of Egypt (Aida by Verdi), bass part in a vocal symphonic poem “The Execution of Stepan Razin” by Shostakovich, Uberto (La serva padrona by Pergolesi), Alcindoro (La Bohème by Puccini), Dulcamara (L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti), Lodovico (Otello by Verdi), Reinmar (Tannhäuser by Wagner), bass part in “Les Noces” by Stravinsky.

He used to perform for dramatic theatres and starred in the cinema.
He toured across Japan, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Lebanon, Germany, AustriaáÛùãåð Korea, France, Great Britain and other.