Segei Radchenko

SERGEI RADCHENKO

General Management excluding Italy
Chrisni Mendis
chrisni@onlystage.co.uk

biography

Sergei Radchenko was born in Russia in 1988. While receiving an engineering degree from the Moscow University of Railway Transport as well as a public administration degree from the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Sergey was introduced to classical singing at Moscow Popov Academy of Choral Art and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Through 2011-2014, he gained significant musical, stage and language experience at the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artist Program, working with a lot of world known singers, conductors, directors, pianists and coaches. As a YAP member and later as a guest soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre, Sergey performed about 25 different roles, amongst which are the Prince (Rusalka by Dvorák), Grigory/Dimitry and the Simpleton (Boris Godunov), Lykov (The Tsar's Bride), Alfred and Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Don Juan (The Stone Guest), as well as cover of Hermann (Pique Dame).

In addition to his operatic performances at the Bolshoi, Sergey performed in a huge number of the YAP and Bolshoi projects, including tours in other cities and countries and chamber concerts with songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, other Russian composers, French and German chamber music. He several times performed Schubert's Winterreise cycle.

Sergey's experience in other Russian theaters, besides everything mentioned above, further included Alfredo (La Traviata) and Don José (Carmen). Furthermore, he performed Hermann (Pique Dame) and Lensky (Eugene Onegin) in semi-stage versions at various venues, including Wiener Konzerthaus, the Moscow Zaryadye Concert Hall and the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. He also performed Britten's Nocturne and Les Illuminations at various venues.

He made his Italian operatic debut in 2014 at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli as Lensky (Eugene Onegin). Later, he performed Agrippa (Fiery Angel) at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Chaplitsky (Pique Dame) at La Scala, Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) and Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana) in Savona and Livorno, Alexei (The Gambler) at the Martina Franca Festival, Foresto (Attila) in Ancona, Lykov (The Tsar’s Bride) at Teatro Regio Torino.

In 2022, he sang Paul (Die tote Stadt) on tour with the Toluca Symphony Orchestra in Mexico. He was also invited for this role to the Moscow Novaya Opera Theatre.

In 2024, Sergey performed the male protagonist, heldentenor role of Mirko, in Augusta Holmès’s La Montagne Noire production at Dortmund Opernhaus. The production was nominated for International Opera Award 2024 in category “Best Rediscovery”.

In 2025, made his debut as Sergey (Serguei) in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City.

He repeatedly performed at Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome – in Rachmaninov's The Bells, Scriabin's 1st Symphony and Tchaikovsky's Snow Maiden. He also performed Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Moscow Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.

At Wiener Musikverein, Sergey’s stage appearance included Tchaikovsky’s unfinished opera Undina and Juan in Massenet’s Don Quichotte.

Amongst his concert experience is Mozart's Requiem, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, Handel's Messiah, Haydn's Creation, Mendelssohn’s 2nd Symphony.

His discography includes a CD with a song cycle "Songs of the Palladin" by the contemporary Russian composer Georgy Dmitriev.

press

"The Kazakh soprano Lada Kyssy… and the Russian tenor Sergei Radchenko… were the most applauded singers of the evening, not only for their vocal abilities, but also for their grace and stage charisma, which won over the audience that flocked to the Palacio de Bellas Artes. (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Mexico Palacio de Bellas Artes)" Read complete review
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes

"The first "is simply a predator of women in a world dominated by sexual repression, where even women are scarce", and Radchenko moves like a fish in water in this role, both from an acting and vocal point of view." Read complete review
El Universal

"Tenor Sergey Radchenko brings a lot of powerful and brilliant sonority to the role of the victim of seduction, Mirko. It would be a pleasure to hear this singer in other roles of the French and Italian repertoire." Read complete review
Rudolf Hermes, Der Oernfreund

"Russian singer Sergey Radchenko, with his almost baritone voice, masterfully tackled this monumental role, always being perfectly audible: as if this work had been part of his repertoire for years (even if this is not the case)." Read complete review
De Nieuwe Muze

"In the male roles, Sergey Radchenko stands out as Mirko, with a tenor power that seems to know no limits." Read complete review
Opera Online

 

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video

Die tote Stadt pt. 1

Wagner, Siegmund heiß’ ich

Die tote Stadt pt. 2

Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades

Die tote Stadt pt. 3

Augusta Holmes – La Montagne Noire (Premiere)