Iurii Samoilov makes his HGO debut performing the role of Dandini in Cinderella. 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, the Olympia Municipal Music Theater Maria Callas as Sir Riccardo Forth in I puritani, and the Irish National Opera as Marcello in La bohème. Elsewhere during the 2024-25 season, Samoilov will perform the title role of Eugene Onegin with Teatro Real, sing Marco in Gianni Schicchi at Opéra National de Paris, and take the stage with Cleveland Orchestra for Das Lied von der Erde. 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 include his 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 Oper Frankfurt. He was a finalist at the 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition and a recipient of the Päsel Foundation Award.