Andrii Ganchuk Bass~Baritone

 

Swiss resident Ukrainian bass-baritone Andrii Ganchuk studied music in Kiev and singing at the Royal College of Music in Cardiff, where he made his debut roles: Ford (Falstaff), Maurrant (Street Dance) and Smirnov (The Bear). He was a member of the Berlin Opera Academy and the Opera di Roma studio. There he was in the 2018/19 season in roles such as Rigoletto, Escamillo ("Carmen"), Baron ("La Traviata"), Sprecher (Die Zauberflöte), Rochefort (Anna Bolena) Pritschitsch (The Merry Widow), Faust (The fiery Angel), Amonasro (Aida), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Zaretsky (Eugene Onegin).  

Further engaged as a freelance artist in five new productions by Ai WeiWei, Damiano Michieletto, Robert Carsen, Denis Krief and Emilio Sagi in roles including Escamillo, Masetto, Onegin (cover), Zaretsky and Mandarino, Thierry, Javelot and cover of Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des Carmelites. Gnachuk sang the part of Zaretsky at Opera di Roma.

Recently he made the debut in Austria in the part of Talbot (Maria Stuarda by Donizetti), a role he had recorded with Diana Damrau, Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia in Rome. 

Ganchuk has collaborated with conductors such as Daniele Gatti, James Conlon, Riccardo Frizza, Carlo Rizzi, Omer Meir Wellber (Volksoper Wien) and Alejo Perez (Vlaamse Opera) as well as with well-known directors such as Damiano Michieletto, Robert Carsen, Barry Kosky, Sofia Coppola, Deborah Warner and Emma Dante.

RECORDINGS 

  • TV, La Traviata, Gatti, Lisette Oropesa, Opera di Roma, April 2021, RAI TV 
  • CD Diana Damrau, Antonio Pappano, [Talbot and Nottingham] (Warner Classics 2020) 
  • DVD The Fiery Angel, Opera di Roma (NAXOS, 2019) 

UPCOMING AND PAST ROLES 

Role Title Music Director Regisseur
Talbot Maria Stuarda A. Alvarado T. Rotenberg
Mandarino Turandot O. Lyniv Ai WeiWei
Dottore La Traviata D. Gatti M. Martone
Zaretsky Eugene Onegin J. Conlon Robert Carsen
Vaudemont  Les vepres Siciliennes D. Gatti  V. Carrasco
Masetto Don Giovanni  J. Rhorer G. Vick 
Amonasro Aida J. Bernacer D. Krief
Faust The Fiery Angel A. Perez E. Dante
Pritschitsch Die lustige Witwe C. Trinks D. Michieletto
Rochefort Anna Bolena R. Frizza A. de Rosa
B. Douphol La Traviata P. Rizzo S. Coppola
Sprecher Die Zauberfloete H. Nanasi B. Kosky
Rigoletto Rigoletto (reduction) C. Donadio F. Cherstich
2. Mate Billy Budd J. Conlon D.. Warner
B. Douphol La Traviata P. Rizzo S. Coppola
Maurrant Street Scene W. Davies M. Constantine
Smirnov The bear  C. Sayers D. Maxwell
Escamillo Carmen P. Leonard G. Saks
Ford Falstaff C. Rizzi M. Constantin

 

SUITED REPERTOIRE / FUTURE ROLES 

Composer Role Opera
Puccini Scarpia Tosca
Puccini Lescaut Manon Lescaut
Donizetti Dulcamara L'elisir d'amore
Donizetti Talbot Maria Stuarda
Mozart Leporello/Masetto Don Giovanni
Giordano Gerard Andrea Chenier
Puccini Michele Tabarro
Puccini Colline / Shaunard  La Bohème
Puccini Sharpless Madame Butterfly
Puccini Mandarin Turandot
Leoncavallo Tonio I Pagliacci
Mascagni Alfio Cavalleria Rusticana
Verdi Falstaff Falstaff
Verdi Rigoletto Rigoletto
Verdi Amonasro Aida
Verdi Jack Rance La fanciulla del west
Strauss Jochanaan Salome
Wagner Kurwenal Tristan und Isolde
Wagner Wotan Rheingold
Wagner Der Wanderer Siegfried
Borodin Prince Igor Prince Igor
Prokofiev Faust The Fiery Angel
Rachmaninov Aleko Aleko
Rimsky-Korsakov Gryaznoy The Tsar’s Bride
Rimsky-Korsakov Mizgir The Snow Maiden
Tchaikovsky Ibn-Hakia Iolanta
Tchaikovsky Count Tomsky The Queen of Spades
Bizet Escamilio Carmen
Poulenc Marquis de la Force Dialogues des Carmelites
Gounod Mephistopheles Faust

  

Andrii Ganchuk, Diana Damrau, Antonio Pappano, recording CD "Tudor Queens"

Andrii Ganchuk, Faust in The Fiery Angel (Prokofiev), Opera di Roma 2019

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