Kirill Belov

Tenor

Mariinsky Theatre Guest Soloist

• Prize-winner at the Competition of Competitions of Vocalists of the XXXII Sobinov Musical Festival (Saratov, 2019; 2^nd prize)
• Prize-winner at the 11^th Rimsky-Korsakov International Competition for Young Opera Singers (Tikhvin, 2018; 3^rd prize)
• Diploma recipient at the 1^st Sobinov International Vocal Competition (Yaroslavl, 2018)
• Diploma recipient at the 1^st International Fyodor Chaliapin Vocal Competition (Ufa, 2016)

Kirill Belov was born in Ufa in 1993. Graduated from the Ufa State Institute of Arts in 2018 (class of Professor Vladimir Belov).

During 2017–2019 he was a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Opera Singers, where he performed the role of Kai in The Story of Kai and Gerda (from December 2018) and took part in numerous academy concerts.

In 2019 Kirill Belov completed an internship at the Monte Carlo Opera, where in 2021 he appeared as the Simpleton in Boris Godunov. Also participated in the International Music Festival of Ildar Abdrazakov (2019, 2021).

From December 2019 to October 2020 the singer was a soloist in the Youth Opera Programme of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. He refined his skills through masterclasses with Plácido Domingo, Ernesto Palacio, Makvala Kasrashvili, José Carreras, Renée Fleming, Carol Vaness and Lawrence Brownlee.

During 2020–2021 Kirill Belov was a soloist with the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Ufa), where he made his debut in the role of Foresto in Attila. In July 2021, at the St Petersburg International Festival All Together Opera, he appeared as Bogdan Sobinin in A Life for the Tsar. Since 2022 the singer has been collaborating with the agencies IMG Artists and Marén Artists. In the same year he participated in the Aspen Festival (USA), performing the role of Fenton in Falstaff and singing in several concerts.

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre:
Bogdan Sobinin (A Life for the Tsar)
Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor)
Count Vaudémont (Iolanta)
Ivan Lykov (The Tsar’s Bride)
Kai (The Story of Kai and Gerda)
Ismaele (Nabucco)
Foresto (Attila)
Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto)
Alfredo Germont (La traviata)
Rodolfo (La bohème)

His repertoire also includes the parts of Roméo (Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette), Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles), Tonio (La Fille du régiment), Lord Arturo Talbo (I puritani) and Lensky (Eugene Onegin) and the title role in Gounod’s Faust.
Information for September 2024