GRIGORY SHKARUPA

In October of 2010, Shkarupa became a member of the Young Artists Program at the Bolshoi Theatre where he regularly performed on the stage of the Bolshoi.
In 2013, Shkarupa became a member of the International Opernstudio at the Staatsoper Berlin. He has performed there as Samuel in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera, Marchese D’obigny in Verdi’s La traviata, Joe Alaskawolfjoe in Kurt Weill’s Mahagonny, Ein Athlet in Berg’s Lulu and the Fifth Jew in Strauss’ Salome. He sang the role of Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte at the Bregenz Festival.

Grigory Shkarupa is a member of the Staatsoper Berlin since September of 2015, where he has performed the roles of Sarastro In Zauberflöte, Ferrando In Trovatore, Sparafucile in Rigoletto, Basilio in Barbiere di Siviglia, Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Trufaldino in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, Biterolf in Tannhäuser. Grigorii Shkarupa performs as a guest in Grand Theatre de Genève has also performed with such conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta,Vladimir Jurowski, P.Arrivabeni,  T.Sokhiev, M.Zanetti and others.

Born in St. Petersburg in 1989, after graduating from the Glinka Choral College in 2007, he went on to study at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory as both a singer and a choral conductor. At the opera studio of the conservatory, Shkarupa already performed the roles of Gurnemanz in Wagner’s Parsifal (excerpts of the opera), Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen conducted by Mariss Jansons, Panas in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve, and others.