Vasyl Solodkyy

Vasyl Solodkyy began his vocal studies in Italy with Valeria Esposito in 2017. In 2018 he was selected as a student of the Accademia Verdiana, sponsored by the Teatro Regio di Parma and in the same year became one of the soloists of the Luciano Pavarotti Foundation. His most important early debuts include the role of Uriel in Haydn's ‘The Creation’, conducted by Fabio Luisi at the 47th Festival nella Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca. In April 2022, he sang together with Fiorenza Cedolins at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice at the ‘Music for Peace’ event. In July 2022, he made his debut as Alfredo in Verdi's ‘La Traviata’ at the Immling Festival. In the same month, he was one of the winners of the Renata Tebaldi International Singing Competition and made his debut at the Staatstheater Mainz as Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky's ‘The Rake's Progress’. On 7 December 2022, he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Mussorgsky's ‘Boris Godunov’ under the baton of Riccardo Chailly and was subsequently the soloist in Verdi's Requiem at the Opera Narodowa in Warsaw. In June 2023, he reached the final of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. In July 2023, he made his debut at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he sang Verdi Requiem. In September, he made his debut as Fenton in Verdi's ‘Falstaff’ at the Verdi Festival in Parma. He was Carlo Verdi's ‘I Masnadieri’ at the Mannheim National Theatre and the title role in Puccini's ‘Edgar’ at the opening of the 70th Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago.  He last performed the title role in Mozart's ‘Idomeneo’ at the Staatstheater Mainz in 2024.