Iurii Samoilov has worked with many conductors, such as Richard Bonynge, Sir Antonio Pappano, Antonello Manacorda, Marc Soustrot, Marc Albrecht, Gustav Kuhn, Jonathan Cohen, Roberto Abbado, Sebastian Weigle, Riccardo Frizza, Pablo Heras-Casado, Theodor Guschlbauer, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Erki Pehk, Lorenzo Viotti, Alain Altinoglu, Tadaaki Otaka, Joana Mallwitz, and numerous stage director, including Sir Jonathan Miller, Claus Guth, Pierre Audi, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Harry Kupfer, Keith Warner, Laurent Pelly, Jens-Daniel Herzog, Peter Stein, David Alden, Sven-Eric Bechtolf, Christof Loy and Damiano Michieletto.&nbsp;He sang Papageno (The Magic Flute), Sir Riccardo Forth (Il Puritani), Danilo (The Merry Widow), Eugene Onegin (title role), Marcello (La Bohème), Mr Astley (The Gambler), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Don Giovanni (rôle-titre), le Comte Almaviva (Les Nozze di Figaro) and Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor).&nbsp;Highlights of his recent seasons include his U.S. debut in the title role of Eugene Onegin at the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit, his debut at the BBC Proms, his portrayal of Belcore (L’Elisir d’amore) in Macerata, the title role in Billy Budd at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Omar (Le Siège de Corinthe) at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, Masetto (Don Giovanni) at the Salzburg Festival, his debut at Teatro Real in Madrid in The Golden Cockerel, and his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in La Bohème, as well as Sir Riccardo Forth (I Puritani) in Athens. 

During the 2024-2025 season, he will perform Dandini (La Cenerentola) in Houston and the title role in Eugene Onegin in Madrid. 


At the Paris Opera: The Magic Flute (Papageno), 2022

Iurii SamoilovBaritone