Roman Burdenko Baritone

Biography

Born in Barnaul, Russia, Roman Burdenko has won numerous prestigious singing competitions, including the first prize at the Moscow International Opera Competition, the second prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in Paris in 2011, the third prize at the Operalia Plácido Domingo Competition in Beijing in 2012, and the second prize at the 32^nd Hans Gabor-Belvedere International Competition in Amsterdam in 2013.

He performs on major international opera stages, including La Scala in Milan, the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the Mariinsky Theatre, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Verona Arena, the Opéra national de Paris, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.

Among the roles he has performed in recent seasons are Baron Scarpia (Tosca), Iago (Otello), Tonio (Pagliacci), Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana), Don Carlo di Vargas (La forza del destino), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Alberich (the Ring Cycle), Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Jack Rance (The Girl of the Golden West), Amonasro (Aida), Count Tomsky (The Queen of Spades), Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor), Barnaba (La Gioconda), and the title roles of Rigoletto, Nabucco, and Macbeth.

During the 2024-2025 season, he will perform, notably, as Baron Scarpia at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Macbeth at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Tonio at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, and Michele (Il Tabarro) at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste.

At the Paris Opera: Tosca (Baron Scarpia), 2022; Rigoletto (title role), 2024