Pavlo Tolstoy

Pavlo Tolstoy

tenor

Born in Ukraine.
In 2002, as a student of the Academy of Music in Lvov, he was hired by the local opera house and performed there until his graduation in 2005. For the next two years he appeared at the Wrocław Opera, interpreting leading parts in operas by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, and Szymanowski. In 2007 he began a regular collaboration with the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz.
The singer's achievements to date include the following parts: Ferrando in “Cosí Fan Tutte” and Tamino in “The Magic Flute” by Mozart, Lensky in Tchaikovsky's “Eugene Onegin”, Alfredo in “La Traviata” and Ismaele in “Nabucco” by Verdi, Beppo in Leoncavallo's “I Pagliacci”, Rodolfo in “La Bohème” and Pinkerton in “Madame Butterfly” by Puccini. He has also appeared in productions of Szymanowski's operas staged by the Wroclaw Opera: as the Young King in “Hagith” and the Shepherd in “King Roger”. The part of Shepherd he has performed also in Teatro del Liceu Barcelona, in Mariinski Theatre in Sankt Petersburg followed to performances within the framework of Edinburgh International Festival. He has worked with directors such as Marek Weiss-Grzesiński, Tomasz Konina, Mariusz Treliński, and Michał Znaniecki. His repertoire also includes oratorios and cantatas, to mention Mozart's “Requiem” and Gounod's “Missa Solemnis”.