• Eugene Oneghin

Born in Moldova into a large family, the sixth of eleven children. From early childhood he was passionate about music and studied the violin. At the age of 16, he entered the Stefan Neaga Musical College in Chișinău, specializing in choral conducting. At 20, he was admitted to the St. Petersburg State Conservatory “N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov”, vocal department.

Four years later, he became a soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. From 2012 to 2014 he took part in the Young Artist Program of the Bolshoi Theatre, and upon graduation became a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre ensemble, where he performed for five years.

At present, he collaborates with the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Washington National Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Hamburg State Opera, Opéra de Paris, Teatro Regio Torino, Opera di Roma, Teatro di San Carlo Napoli, Hungarian State Opera, Finnish National Opera, Edinburgh Festival, Baden-Baden Festival, Glyndebourne Festival, among many others.

He has worked with world-renowned conductors such as Kirill Petrenko, Daniel Barenboim, Evelino Pidò, Marco Armiliato, Vladimir Jurowski, Stefano Ranzani, Yuri Bashmet, Valery Gergiev, Tugan Sokhiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Alexander Vedernikov, Alain Altinoglu, Andrei Yurkevich, among many others.

He was a finalist in the St. Petersburg International Vocal Competition (2007) and went on to win third prize in the Obraztsova International Competition for Young Singers (2009) and third prize at the Maria Bieshu International Vocal Competition.

Andrey was a soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre St. Petersburg, performing roles including Belcore (L’elisir d’amore), Schaunard (La bohème), Robert (Iolanta), The Prince (Cinderella), Silvano (Un ballo in Maschera), Baron (La Traviata) and Dancairo (Carmen).

He made his debut with the Latvian National Opera as Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) in 2011. In 2012 he joined the Young Artist Programme of the Bolshoi Theatre, with performances there including the title role of Eugene Onegin, Malatesta (Don Pasquale), Falke (Die Fledermaus), Guglielmo (Così fan Tutte) and Marcello (La Bohème).

Performing internationally at the world’s most prestigious opera houses, Andrey’s highlights include Bayerische Staatsoper in L’elisir d’amore, Opéra de Paris in Iolanta, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in Betrothal in a Monastery under Daniel Barenboim, Glyndebourne in Don Pasquale, Il barbiere di Siviglia and Don Giovanni, Washington National Opera and Metropolitan Opera in Il barbiere di Siviglia, as well as Opera di Roma and Komische Oper Berlin/Edinburgh International Festival as Conte Almaviva Le Nozze di Figaro and Liceu Barcelona as Yeletsky in Pique Dame.

Andrey made his long-awaited UK recital debut the 2018/19 season with accompanist Iain Burnside in the Russian Song Series. He returned there with Iain Burnside again in 2024, for a recital of Russian repertoire alongside soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan.

Recent performances include a new production of Sadko by Dmitri Tcherniakov at the Bolshoi, Così fan tutte for Washington National Opera, as well as Andrej Bolkonski in War and Peace for Budapest Opera and Bayerische Staatsoper (new production). He has also featured at the Teatro Regio Torino, Metropolitan Opera and Royal Opera House as Marcello in La bohème.

The 24–25 season saw Andrey make his debut at Finnish National Opera performing as Rodrigo in Don Carlo. Later in the season, he featured as Don Pedro in Donizetti’s Maria Padilla (concert version) at Teatro de la Maestranza, made his Salzburger Festspiele debut as Achilla in Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto, directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov, and also returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.

The 25–26 season sees Andrey make a series of house debuts including Dutch National Opera as Lionel in Tchaikovsky’s The Maid of Orleans, Grand Théâtre de Genève as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly and Wiener Staatsoper as Marcello in La bohème. He also returns to the Royal Opera and Ballet London as Conte Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro.