Vasily Gerello Opera Aria Macbeth Pieta, Rispetto, Amore

Vasily Gerello Василий Герелло Baritone Honoured Artist of Russia. Prizewinner at the BBC International Opera Singers Competition (Cardiff, 1993). Prizewinner at the International RimskyKorsakov Young Opera Singers Competition (1st prize, St Petersburg, 1994). Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St Petersburgs highest theatre prize (1999). Recipient of the Fortissimo music prize, founded by the St Petersburg State RimskyKorsakov Conservatoire ( Performing skills category). Born in Vaslovitsy in Chernovitsky Region (Ukraine). Graduated from the Leningrad State RimskyKorsakov Conservatoire in 1991 (class of Professor N. Serval). Was invited to join the Kirov (Mariinsky) Opera Company while still a fourth year student in 1990. At the Mariinsky Theatre he has performed the roles of: Pastor (Khovanshchina), Shchelkalov (Boris Godunov), Onegin (Eugene Onegin), Robert (Iolanta), Tomsky, Yeletsky (The Queen of S br, br,