On January 30, 2023, Dmitry Skorikov made his debut on the stage of the Kazan Opera and Ballet Theater, brilliantly performing Don Bartolo in the Il Barbiere di Siviglia by J. Rossini staged by Giuseppe Morassi at the opening of the 41st F. I. Chaliapin Festival. The musical director of the project and the chief conductor is Marco Boemi. In other roles they also shone :
Figaro — Emil Sakavov (Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theater n. a. Abai)
Rosina — Svetlana Moskalenko (Mikhailovsky Theatre)
Count Almaviva — Yaroslav Abaimov (Novaya Opera)
Don Basilio — Mikhail Kazakov (Bolshoi Theatre)
Berta — Vera Pozolotina (Ural Opera Yekaterinburg)