Graduated from the Rostov Musical College (as a choral conductor) and the Russian Academy of Theatrical Arts in Moscow (Department of Music).Andrey Breus was at first a trainee at the Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow and then was taken on the staff.
Andrey Breus tours extensively in Russia and abroad, performing in first-rate concert halls and opera houses, such as L’Opéra de la Bastille, Covent Garden, Teatro Comunale in Firenze, Malmö Music Theatre in Sweden, Washington Opera, etc.
Andrey participated in the recording of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (conductor Evgeny Kolobov). He also took part in the joint recording of the Novaya Opera and the choir of the Savonlinna Opera Festival (Finland),performing arias from the world opera repertoire (conductor Kiesti Haatanen).
Awards and Honours:
- Prize-winner of For Devoted Service to Opera Art Award by the Evgeny Kolobov Foundation
- Special Prize of the Placido Domigo competition Operalia (2000)
Roles performed at the Novaya Opera:
Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen
Frank in Korngold's Die tote Stadt
Figaro in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia
Onegin in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Count di Luna in Verdi's Il trovatore
Germont in Verdi's La Traviata
Nabucco in Verdi's Nabucco
Marcello in Puccini's La bohème
Valentin in Gounod's Faust
Sharpless in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Belcore in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin
Grigory Gryaznoy in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride
Mizgir in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden
Shchelkalov in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
Demon in Rubinstein's The Demon
Ibn-Hakia, Robert in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta
Alfio in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana
Silvio in Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci
Prince Yeletsky, Zlatogor in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
Francesco in Verdi's I due Foscari
Gellner in Catalani's La Wally
Drosselmeyer in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. An Opera
Stenio in Prokofiev's Maddalena
Amonasro in Verdi's Aida (in concert)
Dunois in Tchaikovsky’s The Maid of Orleans (in concert)
Athanael in Massenet's Thais (in concert)
Alfio in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana (in concert)
Prince Igor in Borodin's Prince Igor (in concert)
Marcello in Puccini’s La bohème (in concert)
Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (in concert)
Ping in Puccini's Turandot (in concert)
Duke in Rachmaninoff's The Miserly Knight (in concert)
Parts in the productions:
Viva Verdi! (gala concert)
Old Love Songs (concert)
Tribute to Evgeny Kolobov (concert)
Romances by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergey Rachmaninov (concert)
Johann Strauss, the Waltz King (gala concert)
Waltzes, Tangos & Foxtrots (gala concert)
Bravissimo! (opera mix)
Rossini (musical divertissement)
This is Opera! (dramatized performance)
Opera&Jazz (New Year's Eve Show)
Discography:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Eugene Onegin (CD) — Onegin
