Ilia Skvirskii
Opera
The Russian tenor Ilia Skvirskii was born in Miass and is currently studying at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Rainer Trost. In 2022 he won First Prize at the “The Voice of Kamen” competition in Bulgaria and in 2024 took First Place at the Hans Staud Music Prize.
In 2023 he made his debut at the Wiener Musikverein as the tenor soloist in Franz Schmidt’s Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln under the baton of Manfred Honeck. In summer 2024 he joined the Opera Studio of the Bregenz Festival, where he appeared as Gherardo in “Gianni Schicchi” at the Theater am Kornmarkt and as Roggiero in Rossini’s “Tancredi” under Yi-Chen Lin at the Festspielhaus. In 2025 he performed the role of Don Ottavio (“Don Giovanni”) at the Vorarlberger Landestheater in Bregenz.
His repertoire also includes roles such as Tamino (“Die Zauberflöte”), Nemorino (“L’elisir d’amore”), Lensky (“Eugene Onegin”), and Camille de Rosillon (“Die lustige Witwe”). In summer 2025 he was a participant of the Young Singer Project at the Salzburg Festival.
Last updated: September 2025