Igor Bakan

Education
Klaipeda University, 2007 (Lithuania)

Carrière
Opera Theater of Klaipeda, 2006-2008: Don Basilio/Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Gremin/Jevgeni Oneging; Commendatore/Don Giovanni; Uberto/La Serva Padrona; Doctor Grenvil/La Traviata, Figaro/Le Nozze di Figaro
International Opera Studio Opernhaus Zürich, 2009-2010
Opera Studio Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, 2009-2010: Macbeth, La Bohème, La Traviata, Palestrina, Otello, Lohengrin
Ensemble Vlaamse Opera 2010–2011 en 2011–2012

Debut
Schliesser/Tosca (Opernhaus Zurich), 2010

Highlights
Pfleger des Orest/Elektra (Ferrara, Bolzano, Madena) 2010; Monterone/Rigoletto (Concert Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich), 2010

Prizes
Laureaat 27th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Vocal Competition: 2nd Prize in Opera, Audience Prize, Prize of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Prize of La Scala di Milano, and Prize of the Stadttheater Klagenfurt


Worked with
Gustav Kuhn, Thomas Hampson, Nello Santi

Recent and future productions
Vlaamse Opera 2010–2011: Oroe/Semiramide; Vitellius/Hérodiade; Der Einäugige/Die Frau ohne Schatten; Il Tempo / Antinoo/Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria.
Vlaamse Opera 2011–2012: Ivan Sjoeran/Tsjarodejka; Don Prudenzio/Il Viaggio a Reims; Alcade / Chirurgo/La Forza del Destino; Daniel/Le duc d’Albe.