ARTIST AVATAR
Baritone
Iurii Samoilov
Ukraine

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Biography

During the 2025-26 season at HGO, Iurii Samoilov performs the role of Lieutenant Audebert in Silent Night. Elsewhere in the season, Samoilov  returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Schaunard La bohème, Irish National Opera as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Finnish National Opera and Ballet as Robert in Iolanta, and Gran Teatre del Liceu in Manon Lescaut. In 2024, Samoilov made his HGO debut performing the role of Dandini in Cinderella. Also during the 2024-25 season, he performed the title role of Eugene Onegin with Teatro Real; Marco in Gianni Schicchi at Opéra National de Paris; and took the stage at the Zürich Tonhalle for Das Lied von der Erde. In the 2023-24 season, he made company debuts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and Finnish National Opera and Ballet in the title role of Eugene Onegin; Olympia Municipal Music Theater Maria Callas as Sir Riccardo Forth in I puritani; and Irish National Opera as Marcello in La bohème.  Recent highlights include debuts at the Metropolitan Opera as Schaunard in La bohème; Oslo’s Den Norske Opera in the title role of Eugene Onegin; and Opéra National de Paris as Papageno in The Magic Flute. Samoilov’s other operatic appearances includehis role debut as Sonora in La fanciulla del West at Cleveland Orchestra’s Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival; Marco in Gianni Schicchi at the Salzburg Festival; the title role in Don Giovanni and Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro at the Semperoper Dresden; and Eugene Onegin at the Teatro San Carlo. Samoilov has appeared at renowned opera houses and festivals including the Teatro Real in Madrid, La Monnaie in Brussels, Rossini Opera Festival, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Alte Frankfurt Opera. He was a finalist at the 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and a recipient of the Päsel Foundation Award.

HGO Repertoire

Dandini: CINDERELLA 2024-25