Grigory Shkarupa Tickets

Grigory Shkarupa was born in St. Petersburg in 1989. After graduating from the Glinka Choral College in 2007, he then went on to study at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory as both a singer and a choral conductor.

In the opera studio of the conservatory, Shkarupa performed the roles of Gurnemanz in Wagner’s Parsifal (excerpts of the opera), Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen conducted by Mariss Jansons, Panas in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve and others. He is a prizewinner at the 1st Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Singers in St. Petersburg, the Shalyapin International Competition in Yalta, the ‘Three Centuries of the Classical Romance’ International Competition in St. Petersburg as well as the All-Russian Sviridov Vocal Competition in Kursk.

At the age of 19, Shkarupa debuted at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. He performed the roles of the Prisoner in Verdi’s Nabucco, Patsyuk in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve, Mityukha in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen, The Monk in Verdi’s Don Carlo, Soldier in Berlioz’s Les Troyens and many others. He has performed with such distinguished conductors as Valery Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Gianandrea Noseda, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Justus Frantz, and Mikhail Agrest. He has also toured Spain, Israel, Germany and Luthuania with the ensemble of the Mariinsky Theatre.

In October 2010, Shkarupa became a member of the Young Artists Program at the Bolshoi Theatre. On the Bolshoi Theater stage, he performed the roles of the Police Inspector in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, The Cook in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges, Skula in Borodin’s Prince Igor and First Priest in Mozart’s Zauberflote. In 2013, Shkarupa became a member of the International Opernstudio at Staatsoper Berlin. There, he has performed as Samuel in Verdi’s Ballo in Maschera, Marchese D’obigny in Verdi’s Traviata, Joe Alaskawolfjoe in Kurt Weill’s Mahagonny, Ein Athlet in Berg’s Lulu and Fifth Jew in Strauss Salome.

Grigory Shkarupa has been a member of Staatsoper Berlin since September 2015, where he has performed the roles of Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Truffaldino in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos and Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca. Last summer, he sang the role of Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte at Bregenz Festival. Shakrupa has also performed with such notable conductors as Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Massimo Zanetti and Karl-Heinz Steffens.