| Biography | Tenor
People´s Artist of Russia (1983)
Recipient of the State Prize of the USSR (1985)
Prize-winner at international competitions, among them the Erkel Competition (Budapest, Hungary), the Viotti Competition (Vercelli, Italy, 1976) and the Pleven competition of prize-winners of International Competitions (Bulgaria, 1978)
Order of Honour (2008)
Graduated from the Leningrad State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 1975 (class of Professor Olkhovsky). Trained at La Scala (197778 season). In 1982 he was awarded a bust of Giuseppe Verdi and a diploma as best foreign singer of the season by the Italian Music Society for his performances as Gabriele in Simon Boccanegra alongside Abbado, Freni, Capuccili and Gyaurov. Has performed at the Wiener Staatsoper under the baton of Claudio Abbado, singing the roles of Lensky, Dmitry, Prince Golitsyn, Herman and Cavaradossi. At the 1990 Salzburg Festival he performed as Don Juan (Dargomyzhsky´s The Stone Guest).
Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 1980. His repertoire includes over fifty roles from Russian and European operas. |