Premiere at the Basel Opera House“Rigoletto”: In a whirlpool of emotions”. Opera by Giuseppe Verdi“Rigoletto” celebrates the sensational premiere. Set design by Pierre Yovanovitch transforms Vincent Huguet's production into a gripping drama.

Belarusian tenor Pavel Valuzhin as the Duke of Mantua made his enchanting debut in a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera“Rigoletto”, triumphantly performing his part of the Duke.

The brilliant and charming young Belarusian tenor Pavel Valuzhin not only outwardly corresponded to the ideal of the Duke. Its crystal clear, gentle lyrical voice fascinated by beauty, ease, metallic tone, throughout the opera, completely immersing in its atmosphere.

It's impossible not to fall in love with this Duke of Mantua, sung by Pavel Valuzhin with stunning tenor energy and radiant high notes. With ease, the performer demonstrates them in the aria Ella mi fu rapita, also with the use of light acrobatics, which undoubtedly impresses and captivates the viewer!

This is not the director's best idea tonight., But a little humor doesn't hurt either.. Moreover, he also sharpens contrasts on stage., which smoothly turn into the final aria La Donna a mobile, revealing another love story and relationship between Herzen and Gildi in a quartet, which shows the depth of what is happening!

Pavel Valuzhin– native g. Radoshkovici, About Us, Graduated from the Molodechno Musical College. M. Oginsky, at 2013 year– Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. N. Rimsky-Korsakov(class I. Bogacheva), in 2018– Academy of Choral Art named after V.S.. Popov in Moscow.

Immediately after graduating from the conservatory, he became an artist of the Youth Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. In season2016/2018 – soloist of the Bolshoi Opera Company, where he studied with outstanding teachers, vocal coaches, taught languages.

The European debut of Pavel Valuzhin took place back in2017 also at the Theater Basel(“Bohemia” J. Puccini), he was followed by performances at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dresden Semperoper, Vienna Volksoper, Toulon Opera and the Bregenz Festival.

Pavel performed at the Italian La Scala, was invited to the world's largest opera stage– Metropolitan Opera in New York. WITH 2018 of the year– soloist at the Stuttgart State Opera, gives concerts in Europe and Russia.