Maxim Mikhailov
Debut
Prince Khovansky/Khovanshchina (Mussorsky) (Nantes)
Career
Soloist at the Bolsjoi Theatre, since 1987
Often guest appearances at the opera’s of Paris & Covent Garden (London)
Highlights
Masetto/Don Giovanni (Covent Garden); Boris Godoenov (Salzburg Easter Festival led by Claudio Abbado), Zaretski/Jevgeni Onegin (Glyndebourne Opera Festival), Graaf Tomski/Pikovaja Dama (Teatro San Carlo Napels), Hunding/Die Walküre (Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon), Felipe II/Don Carlo (Irish National Opera in Dublin); De Gouden Haan (Rimski-Korsakov) (Covent Garden), Tsjerevitsjki (Tsjaikovski) (Covent Garden), Boris/ pope/Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district (Shostakovich) (Covent Garden, Liceu Barceolna, De Nederlandse Opera, La Scala Milaan, Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile); Polonius/Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) (Metropolitan Opera)
Prizes
Winner Glinka Vocal Competitiob, 1987
Winner International Belevedere Competition, 1993
Recent and future productions
Politiecommissaris/ Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district (Vlaamse Opera); Academic Orchestra of Russia, Staatskapelle Dresden, London Philharmonic