Alexander Skvarko graduated from the Gnessins Academy of Music in 1999. When a 4th year student, he joined the Novaya Opera Theatre. At present he is working on the part of Lensky in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and the part of the Duke in Verdi's Rigoletto. He has participated in numerous concerts, performing arias from operas by Russian and foreign composers and chamber music.
Awards and Honours:
- Prize-winner of the Art of the XXI century international competition
- Holder of the National Deed golden medal awarded by the Patrons of the Century International Charity Foundation
- Moscow City Literature and Arts Prize (2013)
- Certificate of Honour for contribution to the development of culture in Moscow and many years of conscientious work and in connection with anniversary (2017)
Roles performed at the Novaya Opera:
Vladimir Igorevich in Borodin's Prince Igor
Grigory-pretender, Prince Shuisky, Boyar-in-Attendance in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Sinodal in Rubinstein's The Demon
Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata
Ismaele in Verdi's Nabucco
Lohengrin in Wagner's Lohengrin
Pollione in Bellini's Norma
Turiddu in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana
First Herald in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden
Triquet in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Barbarigo, Fonte in Verdi's I due Foscari
Borsa in Verdi's Rigoletto
Melot in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
First Warrior in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte
Ikharev in Shostakovich's The Gamblers
Father in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. An Opera
Tybalt in Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
Narraboth in Strauss' Salome
Arturo Bucklaw in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
Prince Yamadori in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Abbey in Prokofiev's War and Peace. Natasha and Andrey
Vasily Golitsin in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina (in concert)
Sinodal in Rubinstein's The Demon (in concert)
Edrisi in Szymanowski's King Roger (in concert)
Parts in the productions:
Bellini (concert)
Viva Verdi! (gala concert)
Maria Callas (musical offering)
Novaya Opera Tenors (gala concert)
Romances by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergey Rachmaninov (concert)
Johann Strauss, the Waltz King (gala concert)
Bravissimo! (opera mix)
Rossini (musical divertissement)
This is Opera! (dramatized performance)
Opera&Jazz (New Year's Eve Show)
