Russian bass
Nikolay Didenko
graduated from the Moscow Academy of Choral Art in both singing and conducting. He was previously a soloist of the
New Opera
in Moscow and a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio.
His operatic roles include Don Geronio (Il Turco in Italia)with the Royal Danish Opera, Shostakovich’s Rayokat the Liceu Barcelona, Cappelio (I Capuleti e I Montecchi) with Opera North (UK tour), Ramfis (Aida) and Oroveso (Norma) at the Teatro Comunale, Trieste (La Forza del Destino) and Comte des Grieux (Manon Lescaut) at Cologne Opera, La Sonnambula at the Bolshoi Theatre, Pistola (Falstaff) at the Bilbao Opera and Filippo II (Don Carlo) and Leporello (Don Giovanni) both with the Opera Köln. He continues to perform across the world with many significant companies including the Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Bilbao Opera. He recently sung Don Pasquale at the Bolshoi Theatre and Iris at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier.