German bass-baritone Roman Ialcic, born in Chisinau, received his vocal training at the Lyceum of the Conservatory in Minsk (Belarus), the Conservatory in Chisinau (Moldova), and later at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich (Germany). He began his career as a soloist with the Opera Studio and Young Artists Program at the Moldovan National Opera. He also took part in the International Master Class and Opera Festival with Gisela Auelmann and Charles Riecker in Germany, as well as the Wagnerian Voices Project in the United States.
Over the years, Roman has studied with renowned artists such as Nicolai Ghiaurov, Kurt Moll, Charles Riecker, Vladimir Dragos, Nikolaus Hillebrand, Gisela Auelmann, and Luana De Vol.
His upcoming and recent engagements include Jochanaan in Salome (R. Strauss) in Sassari, Italy, as well as Scarpia in Puccini’s Tosca, the Captain in Britten’s Peter Grimes, and Golaud in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at Theater Trier in Germany.
Roman’s repertoire already spans a wide range of roles, including Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky), Philip II (Don Carlo by Verdi), Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart), Bartolo and Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini), The Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer by Wagner), Rocco (Fidelio by Beethoven), Samuel (Un ballo in maschera by Verdi), Lodovico (Otello by Verdi), and Tomsky (Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky), among many others.
