Celebrated bass Mikhail Svetlov is known for the unique range and beauty of his voice as well as his outstanding acting ability, his voice described by the Washington Post as a Titanic, all encompassing, penetrating.

Mr. Svetlov was nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for recording of Stravinsky; also was honored Telerama Award (France) for recordings of the world premier of Rachmaninov's The Miserly Knight and Serov's Judith on Le Chant du Monde. He is well known for his performances of Verdi's Requiem throughout the world, including Paris, Moscow, Tokyo, and Montreal and is the first Russian bass to ever perform the title roles in Don Giovanni and The Flying Dutchman.

 
  Mr. Svetlov studied piano, choral conducting and graduated as a singer from Moscow State Conservatory. International career began with a very prestigious and successful debut at the Wexford Festival. Since winning the prestigious Viotti Competition International, praised for his rare technique in the bell canto style, Mr. Svetlov was admitted to the permanent troupe of the Bolshoi Theater, as a principle soloist.

  
  Mikhail has been an acclaimed guest at many of the world's opera companies, festivals and orchestras including:
Teatro Carlo Felice; Arena di Verona; New York City Opera; Houston Grand Opera; Florida Grand Opera; Baltimore Opera; Atlanta Opera Company; San Diega Opera; Santa Fe Opera; Deutshe Oper Berlin; Bayerische StateOpera; Hamburg Staatsoper; L'Opera de Montreal; Opera de Bellas Artes;New Zeland Opera; Bolshoi Theatre; Teatro Colon ; the artist tour at the MET and Teatro Alla Scala with Bolshoi Theatre.

  
  Bregenz Festspiele, Salzburg Festival (Austria); Gstaad Festival
(Switzerland ); Holland Park Opera Festival; Edinburgh Festival; Britten's Festival ( UK ); Chalyapin's Festival (Russia ); London Symphony Orchestra; Berliner Filarmoniker; Royal Scottish Orchestra; State Symphony Orchestra of Russia; American Symphony Orchestra; RAI Orchestra.

  
  Recent highlights include: This past seasons he has performed with the Opera de Bellas Artes, Palm Beach Opera Mephistopheles in Faust; Walter in Luisa Miller and Banquo in Macbeth; debut with Santa Fe Opera, Baltimore Opera as Giorgio in I Puritani, recital with the Smithsonian Institution. 13, 14 Symphony by Shostakovich with Royal Scottish Orchestra, Mephistopheles in Faust with New Zealand Opera.

   
   Upcoming 2008-2009 seasons include Osmin in Abduction from Seraglio, Scarpia in Tosca, Prince Gremin in Evgeny Onegin with Opera de Bellas Artes, Florida Grand Opera, Varlaam in Boris Godunov with San Diego Opera, Archibaldo in Lamore Dei Tre Re and King Rene in Iolanta with Holland Park Opera Festival in London, 13 Symphonies and Suite on the poem of Michelangelo by Shostakovich with Houston Symphony, Bluebeard Castle with Quebec City Opera.