Sergey ALEKSASHKIN, bass

Honoured Artist of Russia (1989).
Laureate of BALTIKE prize (2001).

Graduated from the Saratov Conservatory in 1982.
1983-84: Post-graduate course in Italy at Teatro alla Scala.
Joined the Kirov Opera in 1989.

His repertoire includes: Mephistopheles (Damnation of Faust), Padre Lorenzo (Romeo et Juliet), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Sarastro (Die Zauberflote), Requiem by Verdi; Filippo II/ Inquisitore (Don Carlos), Procida (I Vespri Siciliani); Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), De Silva (Ernani), Ramphis (Aida), Shostakovich's XIII and XIV Symphonies, "Sonet by Michaelangelo", Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Mephistopheles (Faust), The King (Lohengrin), Ivan Susanin (Ivan Susanin); Ruslan/ Farlaf (Ruslan and Ludmila), The Miller (The Mermaid), Ivan the Terrible (The Maid of Pskov); Prince Yuri (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh); Salieri (Mozart and Salieri); Maliuta (The Tsar's Bride), Boris Godunov/ Pimen/ Varlaam (Boris Godunov); Ivan Khovansky/ Dosifei (Khovanshchina); Cherevik/Crony (Sorochinsky Fair), Kochubei (Mazeppa); Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin); King Rene (Iolanthe), Aleko, (Aleko); Baron (Miserly Knight), Prince Kutuzov (War and Peace); General (The Gambler); Prince Galitsky/ Khan Konchak (Prince Igor), Lindorf/ Miracle/ Coppelius (Les contes d'Hoffmann), Boris Timofeevich (Katerina Ismailova), Mendoza (Betrothal in a Monastery), Songs and romances by Russian and Western composers.
Frequently tours with the Kirov Opera Company in Israel, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands.
He is a frequent guest singer in the major opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera House, La Scala, La Fenice, Opera de Bastille, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera House, among others.
He has also participated in the Salzburg Easter Festival with Claudio Abbado and Sir George Solti.

Recordings: audio recordings with Mariinsky Opera Company under the baton of Valery Gergiev, and Philips Classics include: Rene ("Iolanta"), and audio/video with Philips Classics, NHK and Cameras Continentales ("Sadko"), audio/video recording of "Betrothal in the Monastery" with Philips Classics, NHK and Euroarts, audio/video recording of "Mazeppa" with Philips Classics, NHK and Euroarts.
In addition he has recorded Songs and Dances of Death and Shostakovitch's 13th Symphony under the baton of Sir George Solti for the Decca label.