Sergey Martsenyuk

Sergey Martsenyuk is a baritone based in Toronto, Canada, known for his deep voice with rich undertones and commanding stage presence. He has been studying privately with a former soloist of La Scala di Milano Theatre, Vaguif Kerimov, whose unwavering discipline and inextinguishable enthusiasm for opera helped to shape Sergey’s character. In fact, they have frequently appeared on stage together, including “Summer’s Bloom Concert” in 2014, where they showcased solos and duets from different operas. Furthermore, Sergey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University, where he majored in Theatre Performance. As part of this program, Sergey worked closely with highly esteemed professionals from the industry, including a Hollywood star Michael Greyeyes in acting classes, Peter McKinnon in stage craft, and Belarie Zatzman in theatre history. He gained valuable experience working behind the scenes as part of the crew as well, where he learned about costuming, lighting, and even carpeting. While studying at York University and juggling his growing interest in music with his studies in theatre, Sergey realized that opera brings these two things together in a perfect unison and will allow him to cultivate his talent both as a singer and an actor. His operatic career begun in 2012 with Toronto Academy for Performing Arts, under the professional guidance of a world-famous soprano, Mary Liu. Sergey was featured as Commendatore in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and Monterone in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, as well as Colline in Puccini’s “La Bohème” and Figaro in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”, as part of
opera in concert series at the Columbus Centre for Performing Arts. Furthermore, in 2015, he shared the stage with a famed pianist who played for many great opera singers including Pavarotti himself, none other than Rolando Nicolosi. This fateful encounter had a profound effect on Sergey and the direction his life would take, consolidating his love for classical music while fortifying his resolve to become a professional opera singer. Subsequently, in 2017, Sergey appeared as Tonio in the full production of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” at Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts, and as Yeletski in Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades” at Roy Thomson Hall, with International Grand Music Studio. In 2018 Sergey performed a series of operatic excerpts with a troupe of talented guest artists from abroad including Marina Konovalova, Liutsia Italyanskaya, and Vladimir Vorobyev, at “Opera-Feeria Niagara Inspiration” at Mohawk College Theatre as well as Scotiabank Convention Center.

Amongst Sergey’s most recent achievements was appearing as Bartolo in “Le Nozze di Figaro” as part of the Trentino Music Festival in 2022, where he was commended for his humorous interpretation of the character. He returned to Italy the following year to appear as Achilla in Handel’s Giulius Caesar. In 2025 Sergey sang Musiclehrer in Richard Strauss’s Ariadne and Naxos making his debut in German opera! Sergey also performed as part of the ensemble in the production of “Carmen” with Music-On-Site Incorporated in 2022, where he covered the role of Escamillo, at Sebits Auditorium, Friends University, in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. Moreover, he has covered roles such as Seneca in Monteverdi’s “L’incoronazione di Poppea” at Trentino Music Festival in 2022 and Fernando in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” for Opera York in 2015. Also he became a laureate at American Classical Singer competition taking place in San Francisco, California in April 2023

Being a dedicated music scholar, some of the opera roles Sergey has studied include Don Giovanni from “Don Giovanni” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Renato from “Un Ballo di Mascherra” by Giuseppe Verdi; Mustafa from “L’italiana in Algerie” by Gioachinno Rossini; Yago from “Othello” by Giuseppe Verdi; Evgeni Onegin from “Evgeni Onegin” by Peter Tchaikovsky; Baculus from “Der Wildschutz” by Albert Lortzing; Igor from “Prince Igor” by Alexander Borodin; and Malatesta from “Don Pasquale” by Gaëtan Donizetti among others. Sergey is hoping to sing the following roles in the future: Mephistopheles from “Faust” by Charles Gounod; Rigoletto from “Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi; and Caspar from “Der Freishutz” by Carl Maria von Webber.

Sergey Martsenyuk is also known for being versatile, his repertoire spanning from popular to classical music, including broadway, jazz, and crossover. Sergey’s first performance in Canada took place at York Woods Library Theatre in Toronto, where he sang all-time favourites such as “Ave
Maria” and “Allelujah” by Mozart. Sergey also frequently participated in the annual Global Village Festival at Mel Lastman Square with songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, as well as folk music.

Furthermore, Sergey has been regularly invited to perform at Bernard Betel Centre with repertoire from Broadway and Classic Rock. As a result of his continued efforts and great feedback from members of the audience, in 2018 Sergey was invited to open the “International Invitational Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition, Koop Cup” at Markham Pan Am Centre with Canadian National Anthem. He was also a guest artist at “Azerbaijani Legend” with Tabriz Azerbaijani Music & Dance Ensemble at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts in 2019. He is a laureate of many international voice competitions for pop music including Toronto golden voice in 2010. Musical Twin competition in 2014, and grand music festival in 2016 where he became laureate in three categories: pop, classical, and folk!

Recently Sergey took a new challenge for himself: he began teaching. He is the lead voice teacher at Bradford academy of music where he is working since 2023, also he takes private students of any age or level for voice, and he also teaches elementary piano (up to level 6 RCM). He really likes teaching and is always really excited to learn about his students accomplishments.
Sergey is bilingual and knows English, Russian, elementary German, French, and Italian. He has performed repertoire in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Hebrew.

Sergey is the lead voice teacher at Bradford academy of music where he is working since 2023, also he takes private students of any age or level for voice, and he also teaches elementary piano (up to level 6 RCM). He really likes teaching and is always really excited to learn about his students accomplishments. He believes that anyone is able to learn how to sing and/or play an instrument, the main thing is to want it.

He teaches at Newmarket Ontario.
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