Age: 31
Born in Mariupol, Ihor Mostovoi studied theatre and popular song in Ukraine before training in opera at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University and École Normale de Musique « Alfred Cortot » de Paris.
He has appeared on the stages of Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Bordeaux, Lincoln Center (New York), The Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), and other major venues in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Ihor is a member of Young Artist Program of Opéra National de Paris where he has appeared in the roles of Le Fauteuil in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges at Opéra Garnier and Frank Maurrant in Weill’s Street Scene. Recently in Montreal, he has given a recital at Salle Bourgie, and performed with Orchestre classique de Montréal, both in concerts featuring the music of Ukraine. Upcoming engagements include Leporello in Don Giovanni in Singapore, a concert tour with Opera for Peace, and an exchange program with the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Program.
Principal Teachers
- Michael Paul
- Jean-Marc Bouget
- Vladimir Chernov
- Stefano Algieri
- Joanne Kolomyjec
- Michael McMahon
Major Competitions
- Finalist, Sumi Jo International Singing Competition, 2024
- Prize winner, Concours international de la mélodie de Gordes, 2024
- 1st prize (male voice), Marmande International Singing Competition, 2021
PROGRAMME
FIRST ROUND: ARIA
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto
(Rinaldo)
JULIEN BILODEAU Mon souverain
(La Reine-garçon)
KOSTIANTYN DANKEVYTCH Monologue of Khmelnytsky
(Bohdan Khmelnytsky)
FIRST ROUND: ART SONG
RAPLH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Roadside Fire
(Songs of Travel)
HENRI DUPARC La vague et la cloche
MYKOLA LYSENKO Choven
HUGO WOLF Der Feuerreiter
(Mörike-Lieder)
ART SONG PRIZE FINAL
GIUSEPPE VERDI Nell’orror di notte oscura
(Seste Romanze I)
FRANZ SCHUBERT Der Zwerg
BORIS LIATOCHINSKI Starodavnya Pisnya
(Dva romansa, op. 5)
SERGEI RACHMANINOV Khristos voskres
(Pitnatsat’ romansov, op. 26)
CHARLES KOECHLIN Épiphanie
(Trois mélodies, op. 17)
SEMIFINAL
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Es ist genug! So nimm nun, Herr, meine Seele!
(Elias)
GIOACHINO ROSSINI Come un’ape ne giorni d’aprile
(La Cenerentola)
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Postoite na odno mgnovenye!
(Pikovaya Dama)
FINAL
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Hai già vinta la causa!
(Le nozze di Figaro)
JACQUES OFFENBACH Scintille, diamant
(Les contes d’Hoffmann)
GIUSEPPE VERDI Son io, mio Carlo… Per me giunto… O Carlo, ascolta… Io morrò
(Don Carlo)
The presence of Ihor Mostovoi in Montreal is generously sponsored by Elizabeth Wirth.
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