Following a Star: Mikhail Petrenko as Boris Godunov

#Stars_of_the_White_Nights The festival "Stars of the White Nights" in the Mariinsky is well under way — we invite you to walk in the middle of it in our video diary! It&built on a "case study" principle: in each issue we&be following a certain artist performing a cerain part in an opera or a ballet. Welcome our first hero, bass Mikhail Petrenko in the part of Boris Godunov in the eponymous opera by Modest Mussorgsky. --------------- Mikhail Petrenko was born in St Petersburg and graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in the class of Professor Minzhilkiev. While still a student he was invited to join the Mariinsky Academy of young Singers. He made his debut at the Mariinsky Theatre in Prokofiev’s opera Semyon Kotko, and since 1998 has been a soloist with the Opera Company. Mikhail Petrenko has become a prize-winner at such prestigious international vocal competitions as Operalia, the Rimsky-Korsakov Competition, the Elena Obraztsova Competition, he also was awarded a diploma at the Maria Callas Competition Nuove voci per Verdi in Parma. The start of Mikhail Petrenko’s international career came with his debut at the Berliner Staatsoper as Hunding (Die Walküre) in 2004 under the baton of Daniel Barenboim. Since then, Mikhail Petrenko has been invited to the world’s leading opera houses and prestigious opera festivals. He regularly collaborates with top conductors including Vladimir Jurowski, Charles Dutoit, Myung-whun Chung, Daniel Harding...