detailed description of my work, discography, participation in competitions etc | CV
Vladimir OGNEV (bass) is a soloist of Moscow State theatre ?Helicon? and Kazan Opera.
He is a participant of international musical festivals in Japan ? (PMF), Ireland ? (Wexford), Italy ? (Spoleto), Lebanon ? (Al Bustan Festival), Germany, Austria, South Korea, Spain and in other countries. His education: a soloist of opera, a conductor, a performer. He is a theatre and cinema actor.
His character: cheerful.
He was born in 1967 in Siberia region. He finished musical school (class piano).
In 1986 he graduated from the Novosibirsk college (class choral conduction and vocal). At that time Vladimir created a unique youth choral collective, which became a laureate of many contests!
In 1988 Ognev entered vocal faculty in the Novosibirsk conservatory. When he was only a second-year student he was invited for main parties by the best Russian opera-houses (Moscow, Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Kazan, Volgograd and other towns).
In 1992 Vladimir took part in creating of synthetical theatre. It is the 1st theatre in history, which has both dramas and operas. By the way the soloist of opera plays the dramatic roles brilliantly! In the same year Vladimir won his prize as dramatic actor. He was awarded with the Grand Prix of the ?Bolshaya Medveditza? (The Great Bear) theatre festival as the leading man in the staging of Anton Chekhov?s Bear.
In 1993 on the festival PMF ? Pacific Music Festival ? Vladimir played on tour round large cities of Japan accompanied by orchestra and conducting by Christoph Eschenbach. He was a soloist of Opening Prayer by L. Bernstein.
V. Ognev?s creating credo is irreproachable and masterly possession of musical styles. His cooperation with conductors Arnold Kats, Sergio La Stella, Enrike Mazzola, Vladimir Jurovski continues. He plays on tour constantly.
In 1996 he was a soloist of the 9th symphony in Italy.
In the same year he was invited to Ireland on Wexford festival to perform the main part Peter the Great in Meyerbeer*s opera ? L?ETOILE DU NORD (The North Star). The producer is Denis Krief. The 1st tape-recording of this opera was made there by the firm MARCO POLO.
In 1998 Vladimir performed the part of doctor Bartolo in ,,IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA? with great success, which became the best in the soloist?s repertoire. (The conductor was Enrike Mazzola). The performance of doctor Bartolo was very exciting and sparkling. So Vladimir was invited as a leader of telecast ?BIS? ? TV-6, Moscow, where Vladimir became an unsurpassed master in the genre of political parody and he is very famous among Russian public.
At that time Vladimir recorded CD-disk with a Pianist Mikhail Arkadiev, where Russian music is presented.
Soloist?s opera repertoire numbers more than 20 opera parties!
In 1999 on festival in Spoleto (Italy) Ognev remarkably performed a party of old Balkonskiy. (The conductor was Richard Hickox, the producer was Gian Carlo Menotti).
In 1999-2000 Vladimir successfully plays on tour, with the theatre ?Helicon? to France ? in the theatre ?Les Champs-Elysees?, - in operas ? ?Hoffman?s tales? ? Lindorf and ?Carmen? ? Zuniga.
In May 2000 ? Vladimir Ognev takes part in a new production of opera Macbeth ? Verdi, (parts Banko) in Moscow; the producer is Denis Krief.
In July 2000 in Monpelie (France) Vladimir played the part of Boris Timofeevich in Dmitriy Shostakovich?s opera ?Lady Makbet? with the ?Helicon? (the conductor Vladimir Ponkin). The opera was a great success. In August in the same year Vladimir played the leading part of A.P. Chekhov?s ?Bear? in the television feature film ?Bear?.
2002 ? 40 performances ?Le nozze di Figaro? Mozart Part of Bartolo. (In Holland with Kazan Opera)
2003 ? 2 ?Falstaf? (Falstaf) and 10 performances ?Evgeny Onegin? (Gremin). (In France and Spain with Helikon-Opera).
2004 ? October, 12-24. 9 performances ?Le nozze di Figaro? Mozart Part of Bartolo. (In Holland with Kazan Opera).
2005 ? February, March - 9 performances ?War and Peace? by Prokofiev ? Opera Bastille (National Opera de PARIS).
2005 December - 4 Performances ?The War and Peace? by Prokofiev - in Bolshoy Theatre.
He plays on tour.
Vladimir Ognev?s opera repertoire.
1. Bartolo - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini
2. Uberto - LA SERVA PADRONA, Pergolezi
3. Peter the Great - L?ETOILE DU NORD, Meyerbeer
4. Papageno, Sprecher - MAGIC FLUTE, Mozart
5. Banko - MACBETH, Verdi
6. Il Re - AIDA, Verdi
7. Lindorf, Mirakel? - HOFFMAN?S TALES, Offenbach
8. Zuniga - CARMEN, Bize,
9. Porgy - PORGY AND BESS, Gershvin
10. Boris Timofeevich - Katerina Izmailova, Shostakovich
11. Galitsky - PRINCE IGOR, Borodin
12. Gremin - EVGENY ONEGIN, Tchaikovskiy
13. King Rene, Bertran - IOLANTA, Tchaikovskiy
14. Varagian guest - SADKO, Borodin
15. Old prince Bolkonsky - WAR AND PEACE, Prokofiev
16. Varlaam - BORIS GODUNOV, Mussorgskiy
17. Tsar Dodon -GOLDEN COCKEREL, Rimsky-Korsakov
18. Sobakin - TSAR'S BRIDE, Rimsky-Korsakov
19. Salieri - MOZART AND SALIERI, Rimsky-Korsakov
20. Polifem - ASIS AND GALATEA, Hendel
21. Part of bass - SYMPHONY # 9, Beethoven
22. Part of bass - REQUEIEM, Biber
23. Part of bass - OPENING PRAYER, Bernstein
24. Falstaf - FALSTAF, Verdi
25. Bartolo - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart |
