
Andrii Ganchuk Baritone
Swiss resident Ukrainian 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 and Onegin cover ("Onegin"). In the 2020/21 season in games as Dottore (“La traviata”) and Mandarino in Ai WeiWei’s production of “Turandot”.
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.
Ganchuk works closely with conductors such as Daniele Gatti, James Conlon, Riccardo Frizza, Carlo Rizzi and Alejo Perez 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 Dir. | Stg. Dir. |
Mandarino | Turandot | TBA | Ai Wei Wei |
Dottore | La Traviata | D. Gatti | M. Martone |
Onegin | Onegin (cover) | J. Conlon | Robert Carsen |
Zaretsky | Eugene Onegin | J. Conlon | Robert Carsen |
Vaudemont | Les vepres Siciliennes | D. Gatti | V. Carrasco |
Masetto | Don Giovanni | J. Rhorer | Graham Vick |
Amonasro | Aida | J. Bernacer | Denis Krief |
Faust | The Fiery Angel | A. Perez | Enma Dante |
Pritschitsch | Die lustige Witwe | C. Trinks | D. Michieletto |
Rochefort | Anna Bolena | R. Frizza | Andrea de Rosa |
B. Douphol | La Traviata | P. Rizzo | Sofia Coppola |
Sprecher | Die Zauberfloete | H. Nanasi | Barrie Kosky |
Rigoletto | Rigoletto (reduction) | C. Donadio | F. Cherstich |
2. Mate | Billy Budd | J. Conlon | Deb. Warner |
B. Douphol | La Traviata | P. Rizzo | Sofia Coppola |
Maurrant | Street Scene | W. Davies | M. Constantine |
Smirnov | The bear | C. Sayers | D. Maxwell |
Escamillo | Carmen | P. Leonard | Gidon Saks |
Ford | Falstaff | C. Rizzi | M. Constantin |
Andrii holds an MBA from University of Strathclyde,and a PhD in Economics.
SUITED REPERTOIRE / FUTURE ROLES
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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