Artyom
Wasnetsov Bass

Artyom Vasnetsov was born in 1992 in Samara, Russia. He first studied at the College of Architecture before beginning his vocal training at the Shatalov College of Music in Samara. In 2016, he continued his studies at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin with Michail Lanskoi. He gained his first stage experience at the State Opera House in Samara. He made his debut in Germany in 2018 as the Hermit in Weber's 'Der Freischütz' in Rostock. In the summer of 2019, he also sang the role at the Landesbühnen Sachsen. He also appears regularly at concerts of the Berlin Residence Orchestra at Charlottenburg Palace. In the 19/20 season, Artyom Wasnetsov sang in a concert production of Strauss' 'Die Frau ohne Schatten' with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Jurowski at the Berlin Philharmonie and at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest. Furthermore, he made his debut as Sparafucile in Verdi's 'Rigoletto' at the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin and as Gremin in Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin' at the Volkstheater Rostock. In 2020, Wasnetsov was accepted into the Opera Studio of the Vienna State Opera. Wasnetsov began the 2022/23 season with his role debut as Colas in 'Bastien und Bastienne' at the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, with an engagement for the St. Margarethen Festival, as well as Samuel in 'Un ballo in maschera' in Klagenfurt. At Theater Basel, the bass can be seen as Monterone in 'Rigoletto', as Un torturato in 'Intolleranza', and 23/24 as Hunding in 'Die Walküre'.