"...His musicality was striking, his voice combines mellifluousness with poise and style, amazing technique, and breath control..."
— The Boston Globe.
Belarusian baritone Ilya Silchukou is an internationally sought-after performer whose compelling Kavalier baritone voice and dramatic interpretations have led him to world's most important operatic stages. Born in Minsk, Ilya Silchukou graduated from Belarus State Academy of Music before joining the ensemble of Belarus State Opera Bolshoi in 2005. In 2021 he had to leave Belarus with his family and relocated to Boston, MA. In 2022 his escape story spread widely with The Boston Globe, Associated Press, South China Morning Post and The Washington Post articles.
Ilya enjoys his career at the world's finest opera houses, including legendary Teatro Alla Scala Milan, where he made his debut as Vodnik (c.) and Jager in Dvorak’s Rusalka in June 2023. In Season 2024/2025 Ilya debuts as Sciarrone (Tosca) at Seattle Opera and Morales/Escamillo (c.) in St. Pete Opera's Carmen.
Ilya's recent performances include:
Escamillo (La Tragédie de Carmen) at Boston Opera Collaborative, Dandini (La Cenerentola) and Prince Yeletzky (The Queen of Spades) at Opera Sofia , Dandini (La Cenerentola) at Opéra national de Montpellier, Dunois (The Maid of Orleans) at Scottish Opera Glasgow (Cov.19) , Belcore (L’Elisir d'Amore) at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Eugene Onegin at Teatr Wielki Warsaw and Belarus State Opera Bolshoi, Robert (Iolanta) at Brucknerfest Linz, Opéra de Rennes, Théâtre Graslin Nantes and Grand Théâtre Angers, Valentine (Faust) at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisboa (Cov.19), Israeli Opera Tel Aviv and Slovak National Opera Bratislava, Michele (Il Tabarro) and Geliebte von Gestern (Royal Palace) in Opéra national de Montpellier, Giorgio Germont (La Traviata) at Armenian National Philharmonic Yerevan, Music Theater Kaunas ,Theatre Vanemuine Tartu, Birgitta Opera Festival Tallinn, Pärnu International Opera Music Festival, Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz, Estonian National Opera Tallinn, Narodni Divadlo Brno, Maria Bieśu International Opera Festival Chisinau, Music Theater Kaunas and Opera Podlaska Białystok, Duke (La Troika:The Miserly Knight) at Royal Opera La Monnaie Bruxelles, Athanaël (Thaïs) at Pärnu International Opera Music Festival in Tallinn and Pärnu, Fiorello (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Miller (Luisa Miller) and Albert (Werther) at Teatro Lirico Verdi di Trieste, Schaklowity (Khovanshchina) at Frankfurt Oper, Silvio (Gli Pagliacci), Marcello (La Boheme), Mizgir' (Snow Maid) and Korolevich (Kashchey the Immortal ) at Belarus State Opera Bolshoi Minsk .
Ilya’s concert repertoire includes among others his signature baritone solo in Orff’s Carmina Burana and Mahler’s Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen, Graun's Der Tod Jesu, Dvorak’s Stabat Mater, Fauré's Requiem, Debussy’s L’Enfant Prodigue, Tchaikovsky’s Moscow and Rachmaninoff’s The Spring. Performances include Elena Obraztsova Ball at Moscow Opera Bolshoi, Musikerlebnis Fest and Radeberger Fest in München, Ludwigsburger Fest, Brucknerfest Linz, Birgitta Festival Tallinn, Pärnu Opera Festival, Maria Biesu Opera Festival Chisinau a.o.
In 2011 he took part in the prestigious Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival.
Ilya Silchukou became a prizewinner of more than 15 international singing competitions, including H.G.Belvedere Competition in Vienna, CLIP in Portofino and Elena Obraztsova Grand Opera Show at Russia Culture TV with an audience of over 20 million.
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