BIOGRAPHY

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Ukrainian bass Roman Chabaranok began his professional career at the Lviv National Opera & Ballet while still studying at the music academy. During this time, he performed the roles of Re d’Egitto in Verdi’s Aida and Monterone in Verdi’s Rigoletto. His early stage experience helped him build a broad operatic repertoire, encompassing both leading and supporting roles.

In 2019, he completed an internship at the Opera Studio of Polish National Opera, focusing on early music under the mentorship of Olga Pasichnyk. He also performed a wide range of chamber repertoire during the Warsaw Music Evenings, highlighting works by Polish composers such as Moniuszko and Szymanowski. In this same year, Roman won the First Prize - Men’s category at the Solomiya Krushelnytska International Vocal Competition and made his debut at the Lyon Festival, performing the role of Monterone, under the baton of Michele Spotti. In 2020, he returned to the Opéra national de Lyon as Bonze in Stravinsky’s The Nightingale, conducted by Daniele Rustioni. In 2025, Roman became a finalist at the Moniuszko International Vocal Competition, further solidifying his international profile.

In 2021, Roman joined the Opera Studio of Bayerische Staatsoper, under the guidance of Tobias Truniger. Since then, he has appeared in numerous roles on the main stage, collaborating with world-renowned conductors including Vladimir Jurowski, Daniele Rustioni, François-Xavier Roth, Andrea Battistoni, and Sebastian Weigle.

Since 2023, he has been a member of the ensemble of Bavarian State Opera, where he performed as Montano in Verdi’s Otello, Zweiter SS in Weinberg’s Die Passagierin, Zweiter Graalsritter in Wagner’s Parsifal (staged by Pierre Audi), Un Frate in Verdi’s Don Carlo (conducted by Zubin Mehta), Policeman/Gentleman/Porter Placing Advertisements in Shostakovich’s The Nose, Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca and Happy in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West.
 

In the 2024/25 season, in Munich, Chabaranok sang Shabernak in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre, Zweiter Geharnischter in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen, Gubetta in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, Tom in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, Zio Bonzo in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Narumov in Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame and Moser in Verdi’s I Masnadieri.

 

Highlights of Roman Chabaranok’s 2025/26 season include the roles of Gran Sacerdote di Belo in Verdi’s Nabucco, Fünfter Jude in R. Strauss’ Salome, Conte Ceprano in Rigoletto, Angelotti in Tosca, Antonio in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Zuniga in Carmen, at the Bayersiche Staatsoper.