Laureate of International Contests

Laureate of the Prize of Irina Arkhipova Foundation (2002

Laureate of the Prize of Moscow City (2004)

Honored artist of Russia (2008)

Mikhail is a graduate of the Moscow State Conservatory on a class of P. Skusnichenko. From 1996 till 2009 he sang in the Moscow Academic Musical Theatre named to Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko such parts like José in “Carmen” by G. Bizet, Alfredo in “La Traviata” and Ernani in “Ernani” by G. Verdi, Pinkerton in “Madama Butterfly”, Cavaradossi in “Tosca”, Rodolfo in “La Bohème”, all by G. Puccini, Vaudémont in “Iolanta” and Herman in “The Queen of Spades” by P. Tchaikovsky.

He made his debut in 2001 at the Bolshoi Theatre in the role of Alexey in the world premier of the first edition of S.Prokofiev's "The Gambler". Gennady Rozhdestvensky, outstanding conductor, said that Mikhail Urusov is the talented Russian tenor. At the Bolshoi Theatre Mikhail Urusov also sang Andrew Khovansky in Mussorgsky "Khovanshchina"

Mikhail Urusov has been performed as a guest soloist in the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theatre (Manrico in “Il Trovatore” by G.Verdi), Krasnoyarsk and Rostov Opera and Ballet Theatre (Jose, Cavaradossi, Pinkerton, Herman). He took part in the international tour of the Theater of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko in South Korea (1997), U.S. (2002) and many European countries.

In 2006 he made his debut at the Theater "La Scala" (Milan, Italy) in the role of Ikharev in Shostakovich's opera "Players".

He has worked with such conductors as G.Rozhdestvensky, V.Jurowski, A.Vedernikov, P.Sorokin, F. Korobov, M.Fedotov, P.Ovsyannikov, S.Kondrashov, S.Tararin, V.Gorelick, Yu.Kochnev etc .

He is a member of the independent theater project "Master Class Maria Callas" (Moscow). He works in the art project "The Tenors of XXI century" from the moment of its foundation.