Baritone Vladislav Sulimsky drew critical acclaim for his searing portrayal of Rogozhin in The Idiot at the Salzburger Festspiele, where the Financial Times called the production “unmissable,” highlighting Sulimsky’s “gut-wrenchingly interwoven” performance as “a kind of Wozzeck - more victim of circumstance than perpetrator.” His visceral presence and vocal authority continue to distinguish him among the most compelling singing actors of his generation.

Current and upcoming engagements include the title roles in Nabucco and Mazeppa, Enrico Lucia di Lammermoor, and Tomsky The Queen of Spades with the Bayerische Staatsoper. He appears as Basilio La fiamma at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Malatesta Francesca da Rimini with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Shaklovity Khovanshchina at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Iago Otello with Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Dunois The Maid of Orleans at the Dutch National Opera, Scarpia Tosca at the Glyndebourne Festival, and Aleko Trittico at Opernhaus Zürich.
In 2025, he returns to the Salzburg Festival in the title role of Macbeth.

Recent seasons have seen Sulimsky return to the Staatsoper Berlin as Conte di Luna Il trovatore, make role and house debuts as Iago at Oper Leipzig and Otello at the Wiener Staatsoper, and appear in Luisa Miller at the Oper Köln and the Glyndebourne Festival. He sang Rigoletto at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and the Royal Opera House Muscat, Mazeppa in Baden-Baden and with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Kirill Petrenko, Tomsky in Stuttgart and Baden-Baden, and Giorgio Germont La traviata at the Dallas Opera. He also performed Francesca da Rimini at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.