Sergei Baigildin - "Hostias" REQUIEM (Verdi) 1978

Born in Shanghai to Russian parents, tenor, Sergei Baigildin, was a student of the German singing teacher Marianne Mathy at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music before winning the Sydney Sun Aria in 1965. That same year, he was also a member of the Sutherland-Williamson Grand Opera tour. He performed with Opera Australia from 1963 in roles ranging from Rodolfo, Alfredo, Arturo, Don Ottavio, Idomeneo, Radamès, Cavaradossi, Calaf, Don José, Canio and Turiddu to the Russian Tenor in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. His sweet, plaintive tone and excellent musicianship was perfectly suited to concert repertoire. Here he sings the "Hostias" section from the Verdi REQUIEM from a performance with the Newcastle University Choir and Orchestra on December 9th 1978 under conductor Ulric Burstein.