Dmitry Korchak

Dmitry Korchak, born 1979 near Moscow, won awards at the Francisco Viñas Competition and at Domingo's Operalia. He made a big career early on: Pesaro, Rome, Naples, Munich, Brussels, Macerata, Carnegie Hall, La Scala, Zürich, Berlin Staatsoper – and Vienna Staatsoper, where I heard him a few times. While he was acceptable as Lenskij, his mannered and unfree tone production caused dismay in the belcanto repertory that he was considered a specialist for. He started a parallel second career as a conductor. "Dmitry" is the transliteration he decided to use.