Nikita Storojev
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Nikita Leonidovich Storozhev (Russian: Никита Леонидович Сторожев; 1950 – 17 April 2023) was a Russian-American bass opera singer.[1]
Life
[edit]Storojev was born in 1950 in Harbin, China. His family moved back to Russia in 1955. He studied philosophy at the University of Sverdlovsk from 1970 to 1972, but then turned to music, studying voice at the Mussorgsky Conservatory of Yekaterinburg from 1972 to 1975, and then at the Moscow Conservatory from 1975 to 1978. Among his teachers were Ian Voutiras and renowned Russian bass Evgeny Nesterenko.[2] Upon winning the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition, he became principal soloist for five years in the Bolshoi Theatre and the Moscow Philharmonic Society.
Nikita Storojev performed in the world's major opera houses, concert halls and international festivals in Vienna, Paris, London, Milan, New York City, San Francisco, Florence, Munich, Tokyo, and Berlin. His vast repertoire consisted of over 50 operatic roles and more than 300 classical songs.
Storojev had twenty-five commercial CDs and five DVDs, performed and recorded under the direction of conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir John Pritchard, Claudio Abbado, Neeme Jarvi, John Nelson, Marius Jansons, Gennady Rozhdestvenski etc., and with singers such as Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti etc.[3]
Nikita lived in Austin, Texas where he taught voice at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas. While teaching at The University of Texas, his students won national competitions, participated in young artist programs, and began professional careers. As a teacher, Mr. Storojev also presented master classes around the world in Japan, Taiwan, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, and Mexico, as well as in the United States.[4] Nikita travelled the world performing in various concerts and productions. Highlights of Mr. Storojev’s opera appearances included The Police Sergeant in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk with San Francisco Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Opera Monte Carlo, and De Nederlandse Opera; the title role in Boris Godunov with the Komische Oper Berlin, Budapest Festival, and with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México; King Dodon in Tchaikovsky’s Le Coq d’Or with the Mariinsky Theatre; and Bedyai in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Invisible City of Kitezh with De Nederlandse Opera.[5]
Storojev died on 17 April 2023, at the age of 73.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Page, Tim (5 May 1992). "Revelatory Beauty". Newsday. p. 59. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Nikita Storojev | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Nikita Storojev - Discography". www.nikitastorojev.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Nikita Storojev | Butler School of Music - University of Texas at Austin". music.utexas.edu. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Biography". Dispeker Artists, Inc. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Obituary: Russian Bass & Educator Nikita Storojev Passes Away, Aged 73
External links
[edit]- http://www.nikitastorojev.com
- Nikita Storojev discography at Discogs
- Nikita Storojev at IMDb
- 1950 births
- 2023 deaths
- Soviet opera singers
- French opera singers
- Soviet music educators
- French music educators
- Russian basses
- Prize-winners of the International Tchaikovsky Competition
- Musicians from Harbin
- People from Harbin
- Singers from Heilongjiang
- Moscow Conservatory alumni
- Russian emigrants to the United States
- Russian people stubs