Russian barihunk Ilya Kutyukhin won the
2019 Paris Opera Competition, taking home both the Claude Dassault First Prize and the Audience Prize. Second Prize went to French barihunk Jérôme Boutillier.
Kutyukhin, a native of Pyatigorsk, Russia, performed
Yeletsky’s aria Ya vas lublyu from Tchaikovsky's ,” and Ebben, cosi si
narra!...Quando le soglie paterne from Donizetti’s La Favorite” and a
duet with Russian-Israeli mezzo-soprano Zlata Khershberg.
Nina Tarandek & Ilya Kutyukhin sing the duet from Così fan tutte:
Kutyukhin is a member of the ensemble at the Bolshoi Theatre, where he has performed Andrey Shchelkalov in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Moralés in Bizet's Carmen, the Novice's Friend in Britten's Billy Budd and Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte.
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Upcoming roles include Yeletsky in Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame at the Vilnius City
Opera, the title role of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene
Onegin at the Bregenzer Festspiele and Guglielmo at the Bolshoi.
Jérôme Boutillier
Upcoming performances for Jérôme Boutillier include Bardi in Godard's Dante at Opéra Saint-Étienne, Le Précepteur Alidor in Massenet's Cendrillon and the duel roles of Le corrégidor and Bridoison in Offenbach's Maître Péronilla.
Third prize at this year's Paris Opera Competition went to French soprano Melissa Petit.
Ilya Kutyukhin with Rachel Kelly and Kirsten MacKinnon
When we noticed Ilya Kutyukhin as Guglielmo in Glyndebourne's current run of Mozart's Così fan tutte, we couldn't believe that he'd never appeared on our site. The performances are his debut with the company. Born in Pyatigorsk, Russia, Kutyukhin is currently a member of the Young Singers Project at The Salzburg Festival. From 2014 to June of this year, he was a member of the Young Artist Program at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. During the 2015-16 season, he made his Bolshoi Theatre debut as Moralès in Bizet's Carmen and subsequently appeared as Shchelkalov in Mussorsky's Boris Godunov.
He'll be touring Così fan tutte through November 30th, with stops in Lewes, Surrey, Norwich, Woking, Milton Keynes and Plymouth. He's joined in the cast by Bogdan Volkov as Ferrando, José Fardilha as Don Alfonso, Kirsten MacKinnon as Fiordiligi, Rachel Kelly as Dorabella and Ana Quintans as Despina. Tickets are available online.
The 2018 Barihunks Calendar
Our 2018 Barihunks Calendar, which includes 20 of opera's sexiest men is now available for purchaseHERE.
In response to reader demand, we've also added a Barihunks Photo Book
this year, which includes additional photos that don't appear in the
calendar. You can purchase thatHERE. The New Year is approaching faster than you think!
