Recent seasons have seen Vladislav Sulimsky emerge as a leading exponent of the Verdi baritone repertoire. He debuted at the Berliner Staatsoper as Il Conte di Luna Il Trovatore and sung Iago Otello at the Wiener Staatsoper, this following his 2018 debut at the Salzburg Festival in a new production of Pique Dame conducted by Mariss Jansons. He also took the title role in Rigoletto at The Wiesbaden State Theatre.

In 2002 he won first prize at the International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition in Saint- Petersburg. He subsequently became a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre, where he continues to give critically acclaimed performances, including the title roles of Eugene Onegin, Simon Boccanegra, Macbeth, Rigoletto and Gianni Schicchi.

Sulimsky won second prize at the International Elena Obraztsova Competition in 2006, first prize at the International Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Competition in 2010, and a Grammy Award Nomination for his recording of The Nose with Valery Gergiev in 2009.

2012 saw his Swedish debut at the Malmö Opera in Verdi’s Luisa Miller, returning to sing Eugene Onegin and as Renato Un Ballo in Maschera at the Stockholm Royal Opera. He sang Rodrigo Don Carlo at the Baden-Baden Festival, Prince Krljatew Charodeyka at the Theater an der Wien and made his Swiss debut at the Basel theatre as Macbeth. Summer 2016 saw his Edinburgh International Festival debut as Alberich Das Rheingold.

Recent performances include Tomsky Pique Dame in Stuttgart, Mazeppa at the Oviedo Opera, Rigoletto at the Sankt Margarethen Opera Festival, and his return to Dallas Opera in La Traviata.

Highlights of his 2019/2020 season included his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper as Il conte di Luna Il Trovatore and in the 1920/21 season, Mr Sulimsky makes his debut at the prestigious Baden Baden festival for a new production of Mazeppa, which will also be seen in concert version in Berlin with the Berlin Philhamoniker. He also returns to Frankfurt for a new production Fedora. The Coronavirus pandemic has seen his returns to the Berliner Staatsoper for a new production of Khovanshchina and to the Concertgebouw Amsterdam for a concert version of Francesca da Rimini cancelled as well as his debut at the Paris Opera and with the Berlin Philharmonic.