Sergey Gaydey, tenor

Was born on March 11 1974 in Dubna of the Moscow region. In 1998 he graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire (professor P.I. Skhusnichenko’s class). In 1994 he became a probationer with the Moscow Theatre " Novaya Opera" under Evgeny Kolobov’s management. Since 1995 he has been soloist with the Bolshoi Theatre Opera Company. The same year he made his successful Bolshoi Theatre debut as Rudolfo in the first night of the new production of "La Boheme " by G. Puccini. The singer’s extensive repertoire includes the following parts: Alfredo "La Traviata ", Rudolfo "La Boheme ", the Duke " Rigoletto", Vodemon "Iolanta”, Khalaf " Òurandît " (the premiere was held in September 2002), Prince “ The Love for the Three Oranges ", Astrologer " Golden Cockerel ", Lykov " The Tsar’s Bride ", Mozart " Mozart and Saglieri ", Lensky " Åugene Onegin ", Yurodivy " Boris Godunov ", the Young Gipsy "Àleko", Tsar Berendey " Snow Maiden ".

The singer tours abroad a lot. He appeared as Lensky (" Åugene Onegin ") in Lille (France) in 1997 and in Barcelona (Spain) in 1998 at the theatre “Licåî”; he made frequent appearances in " Liceo " (Barcelona 1999-2000) in the part of Edgar in the theatre production of " Lucia di Lammermoor".

In 1999 with the Bolshoi Theatre troupe he toured Great Britain where he sang the role of Prince in the guest performance of " The Love for the Three Oranges " at the Cîliseum theatre (London).

He made his appearances as Prince in the guest productions of the Bolshoi Theatre of " The Love for the Three Oranges " in Hong Kong (2002), as Astrologer in " Golden Cockerel " in Italy (Trieste 2000 and Rome 2002). In September 2002 he participated in guest concerts of the Bolshoi Theatre soloists in Berlin.

The singer has appeared with the following conductors: À. Ànisimov, À. Vedernikov, À. Pallacci, S. Politikov, À. Stepanov, P. Sorokin, V. Poliansky, À. Chistakov, P. Ferants, Ì. Ermler and under the following directors: Vladimir Vasiliev, Francesca Zambela, Peter Konvichny, Federik Merdita, Alexey Maslennikov, Boris Pokrovsky, Todaci Sudzucky, Peter Ustinof.

Sergey Gaydey is the winner of several international vocal competitions: