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Vitalij Kowaljow

Vitalij Kowaljow is a bass opera singer living in Switzerland. He initially studied piano as a child, but inspired by his parents, who sang in the choir of his Baptist church in Cherkasy, Ukraine, he took advantage of an offer to study choral conducting for the church. While studying at the Moscow Theological Institute, it was suggested that he take up singing. Working as a fireman at the time, a back injury caused him to cease that job, and he spent more time working with the choir. During a concert where the bass soloists were ill, Kowaljow stepped in, and a Swiss woman present at the concert was impressed by his voice, and arranged for him to audition for the Bern Opera in Switzerland. He went on to study at the Bern Conservatory of Music with Elisabeth Glauser, and obtained a Master's degree. From Wikipedia (

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Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 2: "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco m'invitasti"

Vitalij Kowaljow

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Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1: "Legna!" (Live)

Rolando Villazón, Boaz Daniel, Stéphane Degout, Vitalij Kowaljow, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bertrand de Billy, and Giacomo Puccini

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Puccini: La Bohème / Act 1: "Ehi! Rodolfo!" (Live)

Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Stéphane Degout, Boaz Daniel, Vitalij Kowaljow, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bertrand de Billy, and Giacomo Puccini

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Mozart: Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K.527 / Act 1: "Notte e giorno faticar"

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Puccini: La Bohème / Act 2: "Chi l'ha richiesto?...Caro! - Fuori il danaro!" (Live)

Nicole Cabell, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón, Stéphane Degout, Boaz Daniel, Vitalij Kowaljow, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bertrand de Billy, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kinderchor des Stadttheaters am Gärtnerplatz, and Giacomo Puccini

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar"

2025

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Tchaikovsky: Iolanta (Live)

2015

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 in B-Flat Minor: V. Career. Allegretto

EP • 2025

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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar": II. Humour. Allegretto

Single • 2025