Tenor Mikhail CHULPAYEV is one of the leading soloists at the Latvian National Opera. In addition to his superb vocal mastery, Mikhail’s acting talent ensures convincing performance of a variety of roles.

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The singer was nominated for Latvia’s Grand Music Award as New Artist of the Year 2015; he received the Latvian National Opera Foundation annual award as the Best Opera Soloist in 2017.

Chulpayev is an amateur acrobat and a master of emotion – a curious, yet solid foundation for his powerful opera debut in 2013, singing Truffaldino in Sergei Prokofiev’s opera The Love for Three Oranges. Other roles followed: Count Almaviva (The Barber of Seville), Lensky, Remendado (Carmen), Brūkūzītis (Zigmars Liepiņš’ The Rose of Turaida), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), and Tom Rakewell (Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress).

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Mikhail Chulpayev has performed at the Royal Concertgebouw concert hall in Amsterdam, Maastricht’s Opera Zuid, and other Dutch venues. He is also a member of the Tenor Trio with Juris Vizbulis and Raimonds Bramanis.

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Chulpayev is a cast member of all three new productions at the Latvian National Opera and Ballet of the current season: Steersman in Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman, Beppe in Montemezzi and Leoncavallo’s opera diptych L’incantesimo. Pagliacci, and Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc’s opera Dialogues of the Carmelites.