Vladyslav Buialskyi ( uk, Владислав Буяльський; born 15 August 1997) is a Ukrainian
bass-baritone
A bass-baritone is a high-lying bass or low-lying "classical" baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice. The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type of voice required to sing thr ...
. Since 2020, he has performed with the
Metropolitan Opera as a member of its Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
Biography
Buialskyi was born on 15 August 1997 in
Berdiansk, Ukraine.
The son of an accountant and a driver, he became interested in singing at an early age and admired the Soviet singer
Muslim Magomayev. When he was 17 years old, he began training at a conservatory.
He is an alumnus of the
R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music and the
Kyiv Conservatory, where he trained with the baritone
Mykola Koval
Mykola Koval ( uk, Микола Олексійович Коваль) (born 1 February 1952) is a Belorussian-born operatic baritone. He was born in Brest Region and studied solo singing in Minsk Conservatory and then in Moscow Conservatory. Sin ...
.
His participation in "Kharkiv Assemblies", the International Competition of Musical Art, in
Kharkiv in 2018, led to a performance as Leporello in Mozart's ''
Don Giovanni
''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...
'' at the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.
Buialskyi sang at several competitions in 2019, becoming the inaugural recipient of the Brian Dickie Young Talent Award at
Neue Stimmen
Neue Stimmen (''New Voices'') is an international singing competition. It was established in 1987 on the initiative of Liz Mohn with the support of August Everding to promote operas young talent. It is considered an important forum for new tal ...
. He was named a semi-finalist and finalist at the International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition in Warsaw and the Tenor Viñas Contest in
Barcelona, respectively, and received the "Accademia Chigiana" prize at the latter.
He was also a semi-finalist at the 2021
Operalia competition and a finalist at the 2021 Éva Marton International Singing Competition.
In 2020, Buialskyi joined the
Metropolitan Opera in New York City as a participant in its Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. He made his debut with the Met on 28 February 2022, playing a Flemish deputy in Verdi's ''
Don Carlos''.
Before the start of the opera, Buialskyi and the other singers performed the
State Anthem of Ukraine in response to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
.
His performance, standing center stage with his hand over his heart and as the only singer without carrying a score, was praised by music critics and later broadcast by Ukrainian media outlets.
On 14 March 2022, Buialskyi sang the anthem as a soloist with the Met Orchestra and chorus to open the 90-minute
benefit concert "A Concert for Ukraine".
''
The New York Times'' described him as "a symbol of his country’s struggles".
In 2022, he also played the Captain in the Met's production of Tchaikovsky's ''
Eugene Onegin''.
of ''The New York Times'' wrote that despite the brevity of the role, Buialskyi's performance was "as indelible as any artist on the Met's roster". Rick Perdian of the ''New York Classical Review'' also praised his performance, writing that he "sang with verve and danced with style".
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1997 births
21st-century Ukrainian male opera singers
Kyiv Conservatory alumni
Living people
Operatic bass-baritones
People from Berdiansk
Ukrainian baritones