Russian bass Evgeny Stavinsky completed his studies at the Academy of Choral Art and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He later joined the ensemble of the Novaya Opera where roles have included Thoas (Iphigénie en Tauride), Ruslan (Ruslan and Lyudmila) and Pimen (Boris Godunov). Other appearances include Monk in L’Ange de Nisida (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, concert performance), Zaccaria in Nabucco (Ravenna, Ferrara, Nice, Toulon), Colline in La Bohème and Count Walter in Luisa Miller (Glyndebourne Festival). Concert performances include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (Athens, Ravenna), Mozart’s Requiem (Baden-Baden, Paris, Moscow, St Petersburg) and Verdi’s Requiem (Berliner Philharmoniker, New York).