Janis Apeinis (Baritone)
Graduated from the Vocal department of the Jazeps Vītols Latvian Academy
of Music (2002) and received his Master degree in 2004.
He studied with Prof. Arvīds Imants Luste and Margarita Gruzdeva.
He participated in master classes with Rashele Shulova (1999), Axel
Bauni (2002) and Rolando Panerai (2002). Janis Apeinis made his debut
at the Latvian National Opera in 2003. He made his debut
in the title role of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the
Tiroler Landestheater in 2008 and returned to the Tiroler
Landestheater with the role of Carlo Gerard in Giordano’s Andrea
Chénier (2010). His roles include Yeletsky (Tchaikovsky’s The Queen
of Spades), Escamillo (Bizet’s Carmen), Sharpless (Puccini’s
Madama Butterfly), Marcello (Puccini’s La bohème), and Joseph
(Ešenvalds’s Joseph Is A Fruitful Bough) among others.
Awards: Staburadze Ltd. scholarship at the
Jazeps Vītols 2nd International Vocal Competition Scholarship of Eniro
Ltd. and the Creative Foundation (2003) Prize winner of the 3rd
International Jazeps Vītols Vocal Competition (2004) Laureate of the
annual Latvijas Gaze Award as the Best Opera Soloist of the Year
(2008, 2011, 2012)
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