Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh

Baritone Maksim Ivanov Zhdanovskikh has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Opera Providence, Mississippi Opera, Opera of New Jersey, Opera Theater of Connecticut, Salt Marsh Opera of Rhode Island, Connecticut Lyric Opera, Ash-Lawn Festival, Sanibel Music Festival, Music Academy of the West and others.

His repertoire includes over a dozen roles, including Marcello and Shaunard in “La Boheme,” Count Almaviva in "The Marriage of Figaro," Figaro in "Barber of Seville,” Escamillo in “Carmen,” Ford in “Falstaff,” Sharpless in “Madama Butterfly” and Eugene Onegin among many others.

In concert, Mr. Ivanov performed with the Hartford Symphony, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, the Wallingford Symphony, Norwalk Symphony, Manchester Symphony, Manhattan Philharmonia Orchestra, Polish Classical Orchestra of Pila, Connecticut Virtuosi Orchestra and at the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center for the Arts in New York City.

He was a winner in a number of national and international vocal competitions, including those held by Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Connecticut Opera Guild, Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation, Liderkranz Opera of New York, Shubert Theater and many others.

Dr. Ivanov holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Master of Music degree from Yale University and the Manhattan School of Music, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of Pennsylvania.

He is an Adjunct Professor of Music at Connecticut College.

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