Biography
Born in 1990 in Kharkiv (Ukraine) from an early age Denys Pivnitskyi was surrounded by music, at age of 6 he was deeply moved and inspired by the famous disc "Three tenors in concert" (José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti) in Caracalla (1990), which was the beginning of a great passion for opera.
At the age of 17 Denys enrolled in the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow and graduated from Claudio Abbado Musical Academy in Milan in 2016.
Next year after his graduation, he made his opera debut as Osaka in Mascagni's Iris in the author's hometown and theater - Teatro Goldoni of Livorno, with Daniele Agiman as a conductor and Hiroki Ihara as a stage director. He repeated this opera also in Teatro Verdi of Pisa and Teatro del Giglio of Lucca.
At the age of 17 Denys enrolled in the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow and graduated from Claudio Abbado Musical Academy in Milan in 2016.
Next year after his graduation, he made his opera debut as Osaka in Mascagni's Iris in the author's hometown and theater - Teatro Goldoni of Livorno, with Daniele Agiman as a conductor and Hiroki Ihara as a stage director. He repeated this opera also in Teatro Verdi of Pisa and Teatro del Giglio of Lucca.
In 2017 he debuted in Busseto – native city of Giuseppe Verdi – in the role of Manrico in Verdi's Il Trovatore. In the same year, he performed La Giara of Alfredo Casella in Milan's LaVerdi Auditorium and returned to Teatro Verdi of Pisa for his debut as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana.
In 2018/2020, Mr. Pivnitskyi made a series of debuts in various countries, including France, Albania, Austria, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and Italy.
He returned to the role of Manrico in Il Trovatore in National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Tirana, conductor Sebastiano Rolli, stage director Mariano Bauduin; sang Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca in Mikhailovskyi Theatre of St. Petersburg; made double performances as Turiddu and Canio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in Opera Grand Avignon, in Clermont Auvergne Opéra, in Opéra de Vichy, in Opéra de Massy; took part of the legendary Franco Zeffirelli's production of Aida as Radames at Festival Giuseppe Verdi in Teatro Regio of Parma and Teatro Giuseppe Verdi of Busseto under the baton of Michelangelo Mazza; debuted the role of Roberto in Puccini's Le Villi in Teatro Lirico of Cagliari with Giuseppe Grazioli as a conductor and Renato Bonaiuto as a stage director, and the role of Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly of Giacomo Puccini in Opéra en Plein Air in Paris.
In 2018/2020, Mr. Pivnitskyi made a series of debuts in various countries, including France, Albania, Austria, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and Italy.
He returned to the role of Manrico in Il Trovatore in National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Tirana, conductor Sebastiano Rolli, stage director Mariano Bauduin; sang Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca in Mikhailovskyi Theatre of St. Petersburg; made double performances as Turiddu and Canio in Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci in Opera Grand Avignon, in Clermont Auvergne Opéra, in Opéra de Vichy, in Opéra de Massy; took part of the legendary Franco Zeffirelli's production of Aida as Radames at Festival Giuseppe Verdi in Teatro Regio of Parma and Teatro Giuseppe Verdi of Busseto under the baton of Michelangelo Mazza; debuted the role of Roberto in Puccini's Le Villi in Teatro Lirico of Cagliari with Giuseppe Grazioli as a conductor and Renato Bonaiuto as a stage director, and the role of Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly of Giacomo Puccini in Opéra en Plein Air in Paris.
Mr. Pivnitskyi made debut in rare opera of Ervín Schulhoff Flammen (Plameny) as Don Juan in State Opera of Prague, in Janáček Brno International Festival in Brno, stage director Calixto Bieito; Cavaradossi in Tosca of Giacomo Puccini in Luglio Musicale Trapanese Festival in Trapani; open the season with Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana in Mascagni Festival in Livorno; Radames in Aida of Giuseppe Verdi in State Opera of Prague; Mr. Pivnitskyi made his debut as Ernani in opera of Giuseppe Verdi Ernani in Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Antwerp and in Opera of Ghent, conductor Julia Jones, stage director Barbora Horáková; debuted rare opera of Francesco Cilea Gloria as Lionetto de Ricci in Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, conductor Francesco Ciluffo, stage director Antonio Albanese; turning back to State Opera of Prague in new production of Pagliacci as Canio, conductor Andriy Yurkevych, stage Ondřej Havelka.
Recently Denys Pivnitskyi was as Pinkerton in Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly in Bregenzer Festspiele in Bregenz, conductor Enrique Mazzola, stage director Andreas Homoki; made a debut as Sergei in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk of Dmitri Shostakovich in State Opera of Prague; took a part of Radames in Aida of Giuseppe Verdi in Staatsoper Hannover, conductor Leonardo Sini, stage director Kay Voges; he returned to the role of Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly of Giacomo Puccini in Royal Danish Opera, conductor Paolo Carignani, stage director Floris Visser; debuted as Albert Gregor in Věc Makropulos of Leoš Janáček in Opéra de Lyon, conductor Alexander Joel, stage director Richard Brunel; at 34 years old made a debut as Otello in opera of Giuseppe Verdi Otello, conductor Andriy Yurkevych, stage director Martin Čičvák.
Depth, warmth, and richness make Denys Pivnitskyi's voice unique.
Emotional, textured and sincere acting makes his performance unforgettable.
Depth, warmth, and richness make Denys Pivnitskyi's voice unique.
Emotional, textured and sincere acting makes his performance unforgettable.
