Pavlo Balakin

Pavlo Balakin is one of the most outstanding opera soloists of his generation in Estonia today.  The Ukrainian born bass studied singing at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with Prof Mati Palm in addition to working regurlarly with a number of great coaches, among them Richard Barker, Roberta Ferrari, Kristina Vavolo, Kristin Okerlund and Jeffrey Goldberg. From 2002-2008 he sang in the chorus of the Ukrainian National Opera and from 2008-2013 in the chorus of the Estonian National Opera as well as singing many bass solo roles until oficially hiered as a soloist of the theatre in 2013.  In 2016 Pavlo Balakin made his debut in Italy singing the title role in Verdi's "Attila" at Teatro Massimo di Palermo and continued during the summer as Dottore Grenvil in the production of "Travi