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He was highly acclaimed by public and press alike when presenting his first Philippe of *Don Carlos* in the original French version in Darmstadt as well as for his appearance as Kaspar in *Der Freischütz* at the Baden-Baden Festival under Thomas Hengelbrock. Despite his young age, the Russian bass won also great acclaim for his impressive portrayal of Gurnemanz in *PArsifal* and for Méphistophélès in Gounod's *Faust*.

Mr. Ivashchenko is Russian and a graduate of the Glinka Conservatory in Novosibirsk. After moving to Germany, he completed his studies at the Music High School of Karlsruhe. International appearances include Sarastro at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Osmin at the Scottish Opera in Glasgow and at the Teatro Gayarre de Pamplona (Spain), whereto he returned as Sir Giorgio in *I Puritani*. He also performed excerpts from Boito's *Mefistofele* in Bilabao, Ludwig VI in Weber's *Euryanthe* at the Théatre du Capitole de Toulouse, Mephisto, Böser Geist & Pater
Profundus in Schumann's *Faust Szenen* at La Scala in Milan, Janaceck's *Glagolitic Mass* with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Pierre Boulez at the Musikverein in Vienna, Commendatore in *Don Giovanni* and Frère Laurent in *Romeo et Juliette* at the Salzburg Festival 2010, Pogner in a new production of *Die Meistersinger* as well as Vodnik in RUSALKA at the Komische Oper Berlin, Verdi's *Requiem* in Berlin and Zurich, Titurel in *Parsifal* with the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin under Marek Janowski at the Philharmonie Berlin, Banco in *Maceth* in Lille, Hunding in a concert version of WALKÜRE, 1st act at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Bruckner's *Te Deum* with the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg, a scenic version of Verdi's *Requiem* in Cologne, Sparafucile in *Rigoletto* at the Opéra de Paris/Bastille, Vodnik in *Rusalka* in Vienna, the title part in a new production of *Boris Godunow* in Dortmund, Schostakovitch's 14th Symphony with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, Verdi’s *Requiem* with the Hamburger Symphoniker under Philippe Jordan, Sparafucile/*Rigoletto* at the Munich State Opera, Pogner/*Meistersinger* at the Lyric Opera of Chicago,
Sarastro/*Zauberflöte* with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle at the Baden-Baden Festival and at the Philharmonie Berlin, Gurnemanz/*Parsifal* in Santiago de Chile and in Darmstadt, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle at the Waldbühne Berlin and at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Daland in *The Flying Dutchman* in Geneva, Rocco in *Fidelio* in Bremen, Bonn and Yokohama as well as for a CD recording, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in Dresden, the Verdi *Requiem* at the Festival of Grafenegg and at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, *Lider und Tänze des Todes* with the Basler Sinfonietta in Basel as well as with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra under Carlo Rizzi in Amsterdam, Sarastro in *Zauberflöte* at the Komische Oper Berlin, Méphistophélès in Gounod's *Faust* at the Hong Kong Opera, Pogner in a gala performance of *Meistersinger* in Karlsruhe and Rocco in a concert version of *Fidelio* with the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in Dresden. In the fall of 2014, he performed Osmin in concert performances of *Entführung aus dem Serail* under René Jacobs in Perugia, Kempten, Amsterdam and in Brussels, Tiresias in *Oedipus Rex* at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Sarastro in *Zauberflöte* at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Hunding/*Walküre* in Toronto. In the second part of the season 2014/15 he was invited by the Opéra de Paris/Bastille for two important revivals, Vodnik/*Rusalka* as well as Sarastro/*Zauberflöte* and in summer 2015 by the Bregenz Festival for Timur/*Turandot* and with the *Zauberflöte* production of the Komische Oper Berlin as Sarastro at the Edinburgh Festival.

The fall 2015 started with Kaspar in concert performances of *Der Freischütz* with the NDR Orchestra under Thomas Hengelbrock in Hamburg and Paris, The Four Villains: Lindorf, Coppelius, Miracle, Dapertutto in a new production of *Les contes d'Hoffmann* at the Komische Oper Berlin, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle on a world tour, including Berlin, Paris, Vienna, New York, Taipei and Tokyo followed by Sparafucile/*Rigoletto* at the MET in New York and Iwan Chowanski/*Chowanschtschina* in Amsterdam.

Among the present and future events: Sarastro/*Zauberflöte* with the Komische Oper Berlin at the Liceu in Barcelona, Oroveso/*Norma* in Toronto, Daland/*Der fliegende Holländer* at the Teatro Real in Madrid, The Four Villains: Lindorf, Coppelius, Miracle, Dapertutto/*Les contes d'Hoffmann* at the Komische Oper Berlin, Osmin in a new production of *Entführung aus dem Serail* at the Dresden State Opera, Zacharie/*Le prophete* in Toulouse, Sarastro in a new production of *Zauberflöte* at the Theater an der Wien, at the Aix-en-Provence Festival 2018 and
at the Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, Hunding/*Walküre* and Dom Juan/*Dom Sebastien* in Toulouse, a re-invitation to the MET with Sparafucile/*Rigoletto* and his first Baron Ochs/*Rosenkavalier* in Santiago de Chile, etc.
