Yevgeny Nikitin
Is a Russian opera singer ( bass-baritone ), Yevgeny Nikitin Igorewitsch (* 1973 in Murmansk Russian Евгений Игоревич Никитин, first and patronymic are written in English transcription Evgeny Igorevich ).
Life and work
The parents were both musicians Nikitin. In his youth and later until at least 2008 Nikitin played as a drummer in a black metal band. From this time different tattoos come on his body.
In 1992, Nikitin took his studies at Santa on Petersburg Conservatory. During his studies he worked as a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre. It was soon followed by invitations to major opera houses in Europe, North America and Asia.
In 2002, Nikitin debuted at New York's Metropolitan Opera as Dolokhov in war and peace, since he was there to see in many other roles. His debut at the Théâtre du Châtelet he was in the title role of Rubinstein's Demon, in the French capital, he also appeared in the National Opera. Further stations of his career led him inter alia to Valencia ( Amfortas ), Baden -Baden, Toronto, Leipzig, the German Opera Berlin and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
Even after 2008 to about 2010, he was also a member of a rock band.
Cancellation of the Bayreuth Festival 2012
2012 Nikitin should take over the role of the Dutchman at the Bayreuth Festival as the first Russian singer. This had jointly determined the artistic director of the festival, Katharina Wagner and the conductor Christian Thielemann.
A few days before the premiere, however, the singer said his appearance right after the ZDF aspects in a broadcast on July 20, 2012 Film Portrait of the cultural program had among other older recordings Nikitin shown as a metal drummer, a result of which were put to him in the days following issues. The pictures show a chest tattoo that you could identify as a swastika. Meanwhile, this tattoo has been extended so that an eight-pointed star can be seen with a coat of arms in it.
In a first official statement Nikitin said:
"I was the scope of the irritations and injuries unaware that trigger these signs and symbols, especially in Bayreuth and in the context of the Festival's history. That's why I decided to forgo my performance at the Bayreuth Festival. "
Later, the singer even denied to have ever worn a swastika tattoo consciously, by declaring that the sting of a tattoo was a lengthy process and the contours of the tattoos in question had merely resembled a swastika in the early stages. He had, however, attached no importance to this fact.
For Nikitin jumped - provided anyway as understudy - Korean bass-baritone Samuel Youn one.