Bass-baritone Oleg Volkov is distinguished by his lyrical warmth, textual precision and natural theatrical expressiveness. His interpretations are shaped by his background in linguistics and extensive European training.
Oleg Volkov
Bas-bariton
Based in Europe since 2014, he studied at the Conservatoire de Toulouse before continuing his training at the Opéra Studio of the Opéra national du Rhin and the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel.
In the 2025/26 season, Volkov returns to the Philharmonie de Paris as Count Monterone in Rigoletto , conducted by Jérémie Rhorer. With the Brussels Philharmonic, he performs Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder under Kazushi Ono. He also sings Bach’s Magnificat with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. In July 2026, he appears in Bovary in Barcelona.
In 2024/25, he created the role of Charles Bovary in the world premiere of Harold Noben’s Bovary at La Monnaie / De Munt. He also made his Théâtre des Champs-Élysées debut as Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore .