Mahera Serhii Ihorovych (born 18 May 1972, Zolochiv, Lviv region) - People's Artist of Ukraine (2009), laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2011).
Biography.
Graduated from the Mykola Lysenko Lviv Higher State Music Institute (1997), a student of V. Luzhetskyi. He sang at the Lviv Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after S. Krushelnytska. Soloist of the Taras Shevchenko National Opera of Ukraine since 1998. He has a powerful full-range bass, a beautiful timbre palette, and perfect stage skills.
Achievements
Wagner Scholar (1995), laureate of the All-Ukrainian S. Prokofiev Competition (Mariupol, Ukraine, 1995 - First Prize), the C. Monteverdi International Vocal Competition (Ragusa, Italy, 1996 - Grand Prix), the I. Patorzhynsky International Vocal Competition (Luhansk, Ukraine). Patorzhynsky (Luhansk, Ukraine, 1997 - First Prize and the Golden Hope of Ukraine Prize), I. Alchevsky International Vocal Competition (Kharkiv, Ukraine, 1999 - First Prize), M. Glinka International Vocal Competition (Kazan, Tatarstan, 1999 - Second Prize and the Prize "For the Originality of M. Glinka's Performance"), the Opera Competition of the Russian State Opera and Ballet. Glinka"), the Opera Singers' Competition for the best performance of Capulet in the opera Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod (Budapest, Hungary, 2000 - first prize), the International Maria Callas Vocal Competition (Athens, Greece). Maria Kallas International Vocal Competition (Athens, Greece, 2001 - second prize), Monserrat Caballé International Vocal Competition (Andorra, 2002 - first prize and audience award), Citta di Alcamo International Vocal Competition (Alcamo, Italy, 2002 - first prize), IX International Vocal Competition (Bilbao, Spain, 2002 - first prize), Maria Kraj International Vocal Competition (Tirana, Italy, 2002 - first prize), and the International Vocal Competition of the National Academy of Music of the Republic of Serbia (Tirana, Serbia, 2002 - first prize). Maria Kraya International Vocal Competition (Tirana, Albania, 2003 - second prize), III International S. Krushelnytska Competition (Lviv, Ukraine, 2003 - third prize).
He successfully performs not only opera roles, in particular, the work "Poem about Ukraine" accompanied by the National Presidential Orchestra (artistic director - People's Artist of Ukraine Anatoliy Molotai, (music - Oleksandr Oleksandrov, lyrics - Volodymyr Melnykov), 2009.
He has toured the USA, Denmark, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, France, Holland, Belgium and other countries.
Opera roles
Moses in the opera of the same name by M. Skoryk, Yaroslav the Wise in the opera of the same name by G. Maiboroda, Sobakin (The Tsar's Bride by N. Rimsky-Korsakov), Gremin, Kochubey (Eugene Onegin, Mazepa by P. Tchaikovsky), Pimen, Pimen. Tchaikovsky), Pimen, Kum (Boris Godunov, The Sorochinskaya Fair by Mussorgsky), Geronimo (The Secret Marriage by D. Cimarosa), Don Basilio (The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini), Ferran and Kuchubey (The Tale of the Tomb of the Dead by P. Tchaikovsky). Rossini), Ferrando, Zachariah, Monterone, Rampheus, Banquo (Il Trovatore, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Aida, Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi), Timur, Geront, Collen (Turandot, Manon Lescaut, La bohème by Giacomo Puccini), Leporello (Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart), Capulet (Romeo and Juliet by Gounod), Raimondo, Dulcamara (Lucia di Lammermoor, Love Drink by Gaetano Donizetti), Alvise Badoero (Gioconda by Ponchielli), Orovese (Norma by Bellini), King of Clubs (The Love of Three Oranges by Prokofiev), and others.
