MAXIME MELNIK – Tenor

Maxime Melnik is a young Belgian tenor born in 1994. He has already performed as a soloist at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Festival de Beaune and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in works by Handel, Mozart, Verdi, Thomas, Donizetti and Meyerbeer. Those collaborations gave him the opportunity to sing under conductors such as Sir Mark Elder, Nathalie Stutzmann, Alain Altinoglu, Speranza Scappucci. Member of the MM Laureates at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, he was also a finalist in 2018 edition of Voix Nouvelles competition.

Equally at ease in early music, he is a laureate of Fondation Royaumont. A few milestones of his journey in this vast repertoire are recordings of Renaissance works by Lassus and Arcadelt, roles of Philistine and Messenger in Samson with Leonardo García Alarcón, he also premiered the role of Apollon in a staged production of Io, an unfinished opéra-ballet by Rameau with Opera Lafayette in Washington DC and New-York. His latest collaboration with Ensemble Clematis gave also birth to a recording of that program around Hammerschidt and other german baroque composers (Du bist schön und lieblich, Ricercar).

This season, he will sing Le Petit Vieillard and La Rainette in L’enfant et les sortilèges with Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus with Opéra Royal de Wallonie and Le Dancaïre in Carmen with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.