Baritone
Alexey Zelenkov is the leading baritone at the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre NOVAT since 2014. His vast repertoire includes the title roles of Rigoletto and Falstaff, Germont/ La Traviata, Renato/ Un ballo in maschera, Amonasro/ Aida, Tonio/ I Pagliacci, Alfio/ Cavalleria rusticana, Scarpia/ Tosca, Marcello/ La Bohème, Escamillo/ Carmen, the title role of Prince Igor, Tomsky/ The Queen of Spades, Shchelkalov/ Boris Godunov, Ibn-Hakia/ Iolanta, Mizgir/ Snegurochka (Snow Maiden), Baron/ Skupoi ryzar (The miserly Knight), Lanceotto Malatesta/ Francesca da Rimini, Tobias Mill/ La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Bartolo/ Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Belcore/ L'Elisir d'Amore, Biterolf/ Tannhäuser and Bluebeard in Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle (A Kékszákallú herceg vára).
In May 2022 Alexey Zelenkov is making his German debut as Michonnet in a new production of Adriana Lecouvreur at Deutsche Oper am Rhein. As a guest ha has appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow as Rigoletto. He has performed Tomsky in Krasnoyarsk and Scarpia, Renato, Marcello, Robert/ Iolanta at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. He toured in South Korea with the NOVAT in 2018.
Alexey Zelenkov studied at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory receiving his diploma in 2015. He won 2nd prize at the José Carreras Competition in 2021 and was twice winner of the prestigious Onegin Award 2017 and 2020. For his portrayals of Renato, Tomsky and Tonio he received the theatre award Paradise 2017 and the same award again in 2018 for his performance of the title role in Bartok’s Bluebeard's Castle.
