Russian bass Nikolay Didenko graduated from the Moscow Academy of Choral Art in both singing and conducting. He was previously a soloist of the ‘New Opera’ in Moscow and a member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio.

His operatic roles include Don Geronio Il Turco in Italia with the Royal Danish Opera, Shostakovich’s Rayok at the Liceu Barcelona, Cappelio I Capuleti e I Montecchi with Opera North (UK tour), Ramfis Aida and Oroveso Norma at the Teatro Comunale, Trieste La Forza del Destino and Comte des Grieux Manon Lescaut at Cologne Opera, La Sonnambula at the Bolshoi Theatre, Pistola Falstaff at the Bilbao Opera and Filippo II Don Carlo and Leporello Don Giovanni both with the Opera Köln. He continues to perform across the world with many significant companies including the Houston Grand Opera, New York City Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Bilbao Opera. He recently sung Don Pasquale at the Bolshoi Theatre and Iris at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier.

As a versatile performer, he is also established on the concert platform singing Verdi’s Requiem at the Beethoven Festival, with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under Alexander Shelley, and most recently with Orchestre National d’Île de France under Enrique Mazzola. He has performed Penderecki’s Polish Requiem with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, a new piece by Raskatov with the NTR at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Shostakovich Symphony No. 13   with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and in Suntory Hall with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Cologne, Shostakovich Symphony No. 14 with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra, Credo with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Symphony No. 8 with the Orchestra Sao Paolo, and L’amore dei tre re at the Beethoven Festival. He recently performed in the world premiere of Green Mass by Raskatov with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Jurowski.

Engagements this season and beyond include Gremin Eugene Onegin at the Frankfurt Opera, his debut with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Kirill Karabits, and performances in Die Fliegende Holländer at the Malmö Opera.

Nikolay features on the Grammy award-winning disc Penderecki Conducts Penderecki, for Best Choral Performance (2017).