Nikolai Schukoff
connessiallopera.it (18.04.2025)Season 25/26 and Highlights
Wratislava Cantans
Wagner - Parsifal - Parsifal
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic - concert version - 3rd act
Sep 14
PALACE OF ARTS BUDAPEST
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Liszt - Faust Symphony - Tenor
Oct 3
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OPERA DE METZ
Bellini - Norma - Pollione
March 6/8
Dutch Opera Amsterdam
Vineyard - Die Passagierin - Walter
PREMIERE Apr 17
Apr 20/23/26/29, Mia 2
THEATER DU CAPITOLE DE TOULOUSE
Strauss - Salome - Herod
PREMIERE May 22
May 24/26/29/31
Biography
Nikolai Schukoff captivates audiences with his charismatic stage presence, vocal intensity, and remarkable stylistic versatility – particularly in the German, French, and Slavic repertoire.
In the 2025/26 season, he will appear as Walter in Die Passagierin at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam – in a new production by Tobias Kratzer. He will also perform one of his signature roles, Herod in Strauss's Salome , at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. As Pollione, he will appear in a semi-staged production of Norma at the Opéra de Metz. His concert engagements will take him to venues including the Palace of Arts (Müpa) in Budapest.
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The Austrian tenor achieved his international breakthrough in 2007 as Parsifal at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where he stepped in at short notice for Plácido Domingo – a role that subsequently led him to major opera houses in Toulouse, Helsinki, Barcelona, and Amsterdam. Further milestones in his career include Siegmund (Die Walküre) under Zubin Mehta in Valencia, Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and roles such as Erik (The Flying Dutchman), Florestan (Fidelio), Lohengrin, Max (Der Freischütz), Pedro (Tiefland), Eléazar (La Juive), and Jim Mahoney in productions throughout Europe and South America.
In the 2024/25 season, he appeared as Herod in a new production of Strauss’s Salome at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Alexander Soddy. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin, he once again portrayed Jim Mahoney in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in Benedikt von Peter’s production and under the baton of Stefan Klingele – following acclaimed performances of this role at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and Dutch National Opera. His concert engagements included New Year’s concerts with the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
Highlights of recent seasons include his return to the Metropolitan Opera in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Walter (The Passenger) at Teatro Real Madrid, Tristan at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Parsifal at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Drum Major (Wozzeck) in Toulouse, Siegmund (Die Walküre) at the Opéra de Marseille, Herod in Berlin and Helsinki, Florestan (Fidelio) at Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, Agrippa/Mephisto (The Fiery Angel) and Milo Dufresne (Zazà) at the Theater an der Wien, Otello (scenic role debut) in Saint-Étienne, and a concert performance of Oedipus Rex in Madrid.
On the concert stage, he is in high international demand for works such as Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Symphony No. 8, Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. His engagements have taken him to Paris, London, Rome, Frankfurt, Vienna, Tokyo, Zagreb, Prague, Copenhagen, Lucerne, the Enescu Festival in Bucharest, and the Bregenz Festival.
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