Maxim Mironov

Tenor Maxim Mironov was born in Tula, and after graduating from the Higher School of Arts in Moscow he joined the theatre Helicon Opera in Moscow. He participates regularly with Maestro Zedda at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro where he has sung, among others, the 'Cantata di Canova' by Rossini.

A master of the leggiero tenor repertoire, Maxim is well aquainted with roles such as Don Ramiro in 'La Cenerentola', Count Libenskoff in 'Il Viaggio a Reims, Lindoro in 'Italiana in Algeri', Narciso in 'Il Turco in Italia' and Almaviva in 'Il Barbier di Siviglia'. He has appeared in these roles as well as others, in such celebrated settings as the Theatre des Champs Elysées with the Orchestre de Paris, the Hamburgische Staatsoper, the Aix en Provence Festival, Glyndebourne, the Teatro Communale Bologna, the Toulon Opera, the Teatro San Carlo Napoli and Opera Las Palmas.

Recent engagements include Count Libenskoff in a production of 'Il Viaggio a Reims' at the Japan Opera Foundation, conducted by Alberto Zedda. In addition he recently sang Rossini's 'Stabat Mater' with the Haydn Orchestra, again with Zedda, as well as giving solo recitals at the Frankfurt Opera and St. Johns Smith Square, London.

'Italiana in Algeri' will feature highly in his future engagements, and at a number of venues including Opera Las Palmas, Asociacion de amigos de la opera de Mahon and at the Teatro Real Madrid. He will also be singing Count Libenskoff in 'Il Viaggio a Reims' at the Teatro Arriaga Bilbao, and at Santander.

Furthermore his plans involve Rossini's 'Otello' at the Lausanne Opera, 'Il Turco in Italia' at the Theatre an der Wien, 'La Cenerentola' at the Hamburgische Staatsoper and 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' at Teatro Massimo Palermo.

In addition the Vlaamse Oper will see him make his debut performance in English singing in Hadel's 'Messiah' as well as a production of 'Cosi fan tutte', both coming to the stage next Spring.