Biography
Lithuanian bass-baritone Igor Bakan is currently working as a freelance artist. In the 2024-25 season, he will sing the role of Ersten Soldaten in Strauss' Salome at Opera Vlaanderen.
Other milestones in his career include Renato in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden), Bertrand in Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans, Dr. Grenvil in Verdi's La traviata (Oper Köln), Masetto in Don Giovanni (Bergen National Opera) and Iwan Jakowlewitsch in Shostakovich's Die Nase (Neue Oper Wien). At Malmö Opera, he sang the role of Monterone in Verdi's Rigoletto, Figaro in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Renato in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera and Raimbaud in Rossini's Le Comte Ory.
Before that, he was a member of the Young Ensemble at the Theater an der Wien, where he could be heard as Antinoo in Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria, Colline in Puccini's La Bohème, Don Magnifico in Rossini's La Cenerentola and Zoroastro in Handel's Orlando. He was also a member of the Vlaamse Opera, the International Opera Studio in Zurich and the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera.
He has worked with directors Lotte de Beer, Kaspar Holten, Peter Stein and Peter Konwitschny, among others, and conductors Alan Curtis, Nello Santi, Marc Soustrot, Massimo Zanetti and Alberto Zedda.
On the concert stage, he sang Beethoven's 9. Symphonie at the Musikverein in Vienna with the Tonkünstler Orchestra and an opera gala with the Phion Orchestra under the direction of Claus Peter Flor at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
The singer has won several prizes and awards.
Repertoire
Opera/Operetta
Composer, Work
Composer
Opera/Operetta
Part
R. Strauss, Salome
R. Strauss
Salome
1st Soldier
R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten
R. Strauss
Die Frau ohne Schatten
Der Einäugige
R. Strauss, Elektra
R. Strauss
Elektra
Old Servant
R. Strauss, Elektra
R. Strauss
Elektra
Orest*
P. I. Tschaikovsky, The Enchantress
P. I. Tschaikovsky
The Enchantress
Ivan Zhuran
P. I. Tschaikovsky, The Maid of Orleans
P. I. Tschaikovsky
The Maid of Orleans
Bertrand
G. Verdi, Un ballo in maschera
G. Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Renato
G. Verdi, Simon Boccanegra
G. Verdi
Simon Boccanegra
Pietro
G. Verdi, Rigoletto
G. Verdi
Rigoletto
Monterone
G. Verdi, Rigoletto
G. Verdi
Rigoletto
Dr. Grenvil
G. Verdi, La forza del destino
G. Verdi
La forza del destino
Alcade / Chirurgo
W. A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro
W. A. Mozart
Le nozze di Figaro
Figaro
W. A. Mozart, Don Giovanni
W. A. Mozart
Don Giovanni
Masetto
W. A. Mozart, Don Giovanni
W. A. Mozart
Don Giovanni
Commendatore
W. A. Mozart, La clemenza di Tito
W. A. Mozart
La clemenza di Tito
Publio
W. Egk, Peer Gynt
W. Egk
Peer Gynt
3. Kaufmann/Haegstadtbauer
D. Shostakovich, The Nose
D. Shostakovich
The Nose
Ivan Yakovlevich
G. Rossini, Le Comte Ory
G. Rossini
Le Comte Ory
Raimbaud
G. Rossini, Semiramide
G. Rossini
Semiramide
Oroe
G. Rossini, La cambiale di matrimonio
G. Rossini
La cambiale di matrimonio
Tobias Mill
G. Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia
G. Rossini
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Don Basilio
G. Rossini, La Cenerentola
G. Rossini
La Cenerentola
Don Magnifico
G. Rossini, Il Viaggio a Reims
G. Rossini
Il Viaggio a Reims
Don Prudenzio
G. Puccini, La bohème
G. Puccini
La bohème
Colline
G. Puccini, Tosca
G. Puccini
Tosca
A jailer
G. F. Händel, Orlando
G. F. Händel
Orlando
Zoroastro
C. Monteverdi, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
C. Monteverdi
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Il Tempo / Antinoo
L. Vinci / G. F. Händel, Semiramide
L. Vinci / G. F. Händel
Semiramide
Ircano
J. Massenet, Hérodiade
J. Massenet
Hérodiade
Vittelius
G. Donizetti, Le duc d'Albe
G. Donizetti
Le duc d'Albe
Daniel
G. Paisiello, La serva padrona
G. Paisiello
La serva padrona
Uberto
*not yet performed on stage
Concert and Lied
Composer, Work
Composer
Work
L. van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
L. van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
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