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| Nicolai Janitzky, baritone... | |
b i o g r a p h y...........back to roster....up March 2012 Baritone Nicolai Janitzky is a native of California. He recently appeared with San Diego Opera in their productions of Boris Godunov, La Traviata, and Katya Kabanova and Belcore in L’elisir d’amore with Opera Santa Barbara. As an apprentice artist with Santa Fe Opera, he took on the title role in Eugene Onegin on short notice to high critical acclaim. Other roles he has sung include the title role in Pélleas et Mélisande, Valentin in Faust, Papageno in The Magic Flute, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, and Marcello in La bohème. He is also an active recitalist, and has performed in such venues as Carnegie (Weill) Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Cleveland Institute of Music Art Song Festival. He is the winner of several competitions including the George London Foundation, Sullivan Foundation, and Opera Index Foundation. He has also been a finalist in the Operalia (Placido Domingo) Vocal Competition. He has studied at the Yale University Opera Program and the Music Academy of the West In December 2011 he performed Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor for Music Viva Hong Kong. The 2009/10 season brought a return to San Diego Opera as Baron Douphol in La Traviata as well as his portrayal of Belcore in L’elisir d’amore at the Bear Valley Festival and Silvio in I Pagliacci at Livermore Valley Opera. During 2008/09, Mr. Janitzky made his debuts with the San Francisco Opera as Shchelkalov in Boris Godunov, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte with Opera Idaho, and Marcello in La bohème with Sacramento Opera.
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