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ANDRIY GNATIUK
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Bass-baritone Andriy Gnatiuk was born in Uman, Ukraine, and studied singing at the Kyiv National Conservatory of Music.

In 2012 he joined the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra National de Paris, where between 2012 and 2015 he performed in a number of productions in which he sang operatic roles that are essential for his voice type: Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, conducted by Alexandre Myrat and directed by Christophe Perton (MC93 Bobigny), Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosí fan Tutte conducted by Jean-François Verdier and directed by Dominique Pitoiset (Maison des Arts de Créteil, Anthéa Antipolis Théâtre d’Antibes), and Collatinus in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia with L’Ensemble Le Balcon conducted by Maxime Pascal and directed by Stephen Taylor (Théâtre Athénée Louis-Jouvet). He also took part in a series of concerts dedicated to Jean-Philippe Rameau with Les Folies Françoises conducted by Patrick Cohën-Akenine, where he was lucky enough to sing the role of Huascar in the opera Les Indes Galantes.

In 2014-2015 Andriy Gnatiuk made his debut on the Opéra Bastille stage singing Truffaldino in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos conducted by Michael Schønwandt and directed by Laurent Pelly. He has taken part in numerous concerts and recitals at the Palais Garnier, the Amphithéâtre Bastille and the Auditorium du Louvre, as well as at the Cité de la musique in Paris.

During the 2015 to 2017 seasons Andriy continued to perform at Opéra National de Paris in such productions as Joanna Lee’s Vol Retour (directed by Katie Mitchell), Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (directed by Julie Bérès) and Mozart’s Bastien et Bastienne (directed by Mirabelle Ordinaire). He took part in the tour of Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino, playing the role of Filiberto with the Orchestre National d’Île de France conducted by Enrique Mazzola.

During the 2018-2019 season Andriy Gnatiuk sang bass solo in the new production of Stravinsky’s Les Noces at the Opéra National de Paris (Palais Garnier).

In October 2020 Andriy Gnatiuk made his debut in the role of Cyrus the Great, in the French premiere of the stage version of the baroque opera Crésus by German composer Reinhard Keiser, directed by Benoît Bénichou and conducted by Johannes Pramsohler (Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, Paris).

In the 2022/2023 season he was guest soloist at the Nordhausen Opera House in Germany where he sang the roles of Leporello in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, conducted by Pavel Baleff and directed by Benjamin Prins, and Uberto in Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona, conducted by Julian Gaudiano and directed by Andreas Simma. Also this season, Andriy takes on the role of Blansac in Rossini’s opera La Scala di Seta, in the Académie d’Opéra National de Paris production, under the musical direction of Elizabeth Askren and staged by Pascal Neyron.

Andriy Gnatiuk’s repertoire also includes: Bach’s Magnificat, St. John Passion and Mass in B minor; Handel’s Messiah; Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis or Lord Nelson Mass, The Seven Last Words of Christ and Creation; Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Requiem; Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; Puccini’s Messa di Gloria and Dvořák’s Stabat Mater.