Centre Stage Artist Management is delighted to announce that Mark Kurmanbayev has joined our roster for general management.

Young bass Mark Kurmanbayev is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most exciting young basses of his generation. Recognised for his richly resonant bass, noble dark timbre and commanding stage presence, he has already appeared with many of Europe’s leading opera houses, including the Bayerische Staatsoper, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Dutch National Opera, and Baden-Baden Easter Festival. Equally at home in the Italian, French, German, and Russian repertoire, Kurmanbayev has earned widespread critical acclaim for his “well-marked, well-projected and expressive voice,” his “warm, rounded tone,” and his “velvety timbre and expressive phrasing.”

In the 2026/27 season, Mark Kurmanbayev joins the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he makes several important role debuts including Colline in Götz Friedrich’s La Bohème under the baton of Giampaolo Bisanti and Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia, staged by Katharina Thalbach and conducted by Giovanni Conti. Alongside his debut as Cesare Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca with Antonino Fogliani conducting the production by Boleslaw Barlog, Kurmanbayev also appears as Zuniga in Carmen, Surin in Pique Dame, Lodovico in Otello, the Monk, in Don Carlo, and the First Soldier in Salome, further expanding his repertoire on one of Germany’s leading operatic stages. Kurmanbayev also returns to Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège as Matous in Smetana’s Hubička staged by Éric Chevalier and conducted by Michael Güttler.