• Nabucco

"... Shevchenko possesses a firm, strong bass, reple-
te with an array of dark shadings. The vocal line is

totally secure, which he accented with beautiful co-
lourings and nuanced emphases... " - Operawi-
re.com .

Viktor Shevchenko - Bass

Viktor Shevchenko is a Ukrainian bass born in Mykolaiv. He began his musical edu-
cation as a violinist before continuing with choral and symphonic conducting. He

graduated in classical singing from the Odessa National Academy of Music and
started his career at the Odessa National Opera.
He made his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in the role of Soljony in Three Sisters by

Peter Eötvös, and has since performed as a guest soloist at numerous European thea-
tres, including:

Wiener Staatsoper, Prague State Opera, Teatro Verdi di Trieste, Teatro Pavarotti-Freni
Modena, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Municipale
di Piacenza, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari and others.
He has also taken part in prestigious international festivals such as:
Arena di Verona
Wiener Festwochen
Terme di Caracalla (Rome)
Classic Open Air (Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin)

His operatic repertoire includes leading bass roles such as:
Uberto in La serva padrona, G.Pergolesi
Don Giovanni, Leporello and Commendatore in Don Giovanni,
Sarastro in Zauberflöte W.Mozart
Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia G. Rossini
Dottore Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore,

Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor, G.Donizetti
Escamillo in Carmen,
Nourabad in Les pecheurs de perles G.Bizet
Zaccaria in Nabucco,
Filippo and Inquisitore in Don Carlo,
Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra,
Banco in Macbeth,
Ramfis and Il Re in Aida,
Ferrando in Il Trovatore,
Sparafucile and Monterone in Rigoletto,
Samuel and Tom in Un ballo in maschera,
Dottore Grenvil in La traviata,
Lodovico in Otello, G.Verdi
Le Duc in Romeo et Juliette Ch.Gounod
Timur in Turandot,
Colline in La boheme,
Cesare Angelotti in Tosca, G.Puccini

Konig Heinrich in Lohengrin,
Fasolt and Fafner in Das Rheingold R.Wagner

Boris and Pimen in Boris Godunov, M.Musorgskiy
Konchak in Prince Igor, A.Borodin
King Rene in Iolanta,
Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin,
Tomskij and Surin in The Queen of Spades, P.Tchaikovsky
Soljony in Tri Sestri Peter Eotvos
Bass parts in: Messa da Requiem by V.A.Mozart and G.Verdi, Symphony No. 9,
L.V.Beethoven.