Opera: The Maid of Orleans

March 26, 2005 (7:00 p.m.)
March 31, 2005 (7:30 p.m.)
April 3, 2005 (2:00 p.m.)
April 5, 2005 (7:30 p.m.)
April 8, 2005 (7:30 p.m.)
April 11, 2005 (7:00 p.m.)

Tenor VIKTOR LUTSIUK is Charles VII in the Washington Opera's staging of Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans at the Opera House of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Victor Lutsyuk, Tenor, is an Honoured Artist of Ukraine (1994). Born in Ivanitchi (Ukraine). Graduated from the Vocal Faculty of the Kotliarevsky Conservatory, Kharkov in 1987. In 1986 - 1996 was a soloist of the Dnepropetrovsk Opera Theatre. Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1996 and made his debut as Andrei (Mazeppa). He has toured with the Mariinsky Theatre in Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Finland, Netherlands, Slovenia, the United States (Metropolitan Opera), Turkey, Great Britain.

His recordings include: Boris Godunov, Mazeppa, Semyon Kotko with Philips Classics.

His repertoire includes: Andrei (Mazeppa), Don Jose (Carmen), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Prince Vladimir (Prince Igor), Alfredo Germont (La traviata), Don Carlo (Don Carlo), Parsifal (Parsifal), Grigori (Boris Godunov), Semyon Kotko (Semyon Kotko), Herman (The Queen of Spades), Andrei Khovansky (Khovanshchina), Lohengrin (Lohengrin), Sadko (Sadko), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Radames (Aida), Prince Vsevolod Yur'evich (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh), Hofmann (Les contes d'Hofmann), S. Gubaidulina's Johannes-Passion (2000). In 1998/ 99 season sang Andrei (Mazeppa) at La Scala. In 1999 with the Kirov Oepra, sang the title roles of Parsifal in London, Lohengrin in Baden Baden and Andrei (Mazeppa) broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 from Glasgow.

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