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Vladimir Matorin

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  • ...Bolshoi bass Vladimir Matorin redeemed matters.
    The Observer
  • The robust-voiced Russian bass Vladimir Matorin had a triumphant Met debut as the wizened monk Pimen...
    New York Times

  • Born in Moscow, Vladimir Matorin graduated from the Gneissin Instiute and became a soloist at the Stanislavsky Theatre, Moscow, singing over 50 principal bass roles. Since 1991 he has been a soloist with the Bolshoi Opera, where he has sung the title role in Boris Godunov, Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville, Ramfis in Aida, Susanin in A Life for the Tsar, King René in Iolanta, Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin, Dosifey in Khovanshchina, Galitsky and Khan Konchak in Prince Igor, Tsar Dodon in The Golden Cockrell among many other roles. He is also a guest at the Kirov Theatre in St. Petersburg - the first bass since Chaliapin to appear with both companies.

    In January 1998 he made his UK début in Tchaikovsky’s The Enchantress under Valery Gergiev at the Festival Hall. He went on to Houston to sing the title role in Boris Godunov and in 1999 he made his Royal Opera stage début as King Dodon in The Golden Cockerel under Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. Also in 1999 he sang the title role in Boris Godunov in the first appearance of the Bolshoi Opera in London. In 2002 he sang Pimen in Boris Godunov at the Opéra National de Paris. In 2003 he sang the role of Varlaam for the first time in Boris Godunov at Covent Garden and in 2004, Pimen at the Metropolitan. He also sang in War and Peace at the Opéra Bastille, Chub in Cherevichki at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Kecal in The Bartered Bride in Valencia.

    1n 1997 he was awarded the title of ‘People’s Artist of the Russian Federation’.

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    • Chub in The Tsarina’s Slippers: Royal Opera House
      (December 2009)

      ...it is good to welcome back Vladimir Matorin (Chub)...
      Financial Times
      ...Bolshoi bass Vladimir Matorin redeemed matters.
      The Observer
      ...damage is limited...by...Vladimir Matorin, a Boris and Varlaam in London, as a larger-than-life Chub, the randy mayor.
      Sunday Times
      How refreshing to see Larissa Diadkova...playing a smiling witch hiding each of her four pot-bellied lovers in sacks when the next arrives. Of those lovers, Vladimir Matorin and Pan Golova impress most.
      The Times
      Equally welcome was the Chub of Vladimir Matorin (the sole survivor of Zambello’s Cherevichki Mk 1) who in sound and appearance is something like Russia’s answer to John Tomlinson.
      Opera Magazine
      ...there are decent contributions from Olga Guryakova (Oxana), Vladimir Matorin (Chub) and Larissa Diadkova (Solokha).
      Evening Standard
      Most of the cameo roles are taken by experienced Russian troupers, able to fend for themselves...Vladimir Matorin, a rock-solid bass...effortlessly dominates the stage as Oxana's father.
      theartsdesk.com
      The bass role for the elderly Cossack, Chub was wonderfully sung and acted by Vladimir Matorin...
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    • Varlaam in Boris Godounov: Opera du Rhin
      (June 2007)

      Bonheur aussi avec les chœurs, solides et fort beaux (avec notamment d’impeccables Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg) et certains chanteurs dont l’irréprochable Pimène d’Alexander Kisselev, bon et doux, le truculent Varlaam de l’excellent Vladimir Matorin...
      Forum Opera
      ...le pittoresque Varlaam de Vladimir Matorin.
      Resmusica
      Und dann die Bässe: Wladimir Matorin als klangvoll-warmer, aber auch wuchtiger Warlam.
      Klassik.com
      Wenn ein so kompetentes Ensemble, inklusive Orchester unter Hans Graf, rekrutiert wird - allen voran die Bässe, John Tomlinson in der Titelrolle, Alexander Kisselev als Pimen und Vladimir Matorin als Warlaam.
      Financial Times Deutschland

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