Alexander MOROZOV, bass

Born in Leningrad. Graduated from the Leningrad State Conservatoire in 1983 (class of Professor Okhotnikov). Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1984.
Honoured Artist of Russia (2002). Competition awards include: the All-Union Glinka Vocal Competition (Minsk, 1981), the Rio de Janeiro International Competition (1983, Grand Prix), International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986, 1st prize, Gold Medal, special prize).
Repertoire includes: Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Mephistopheles (Faust), Padre Guardiano (La Forza del destino), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Inquisitore (Don Carlos), Jokanaan (Salome), Count Rodolfo (La Sonnambula), Escamillo (Carmen), Il Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Coppelius / Dr Miracle (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Boris Godunov / Pimen / Rangoni (Boris Godunov), Dosifei (Khovanshina), Prince Galitsky (Prince Igor), Kochubei (Mazepa), King Rene (Iolanta), Surin (The Queen of Spades), Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Viking Merchant / Sea King (Sadko), The Storm Knight (Kashei the Immortal), Ruslan (Ruslan and Lyudmila), Tsar Ivan the Terrible (The Maid of Pskov), Burundai (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maid Fevronia). Inquisitor (The Fiery Angel), Peter I (Peter I), Old Gypsy (Aleko), the Emperor of China (The Nightingale), Old Convict (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Requiem by Mozart, Requiem by Verdi, War Requiem by Britten, 13th Symphony by Shostakovich.
Has toured with the Mariinsky Theatre in Scotland (Edinburgh Festival), Austria (Salzburg Festival), Germany (Berliner Philarmonischer) France, Italy (Maggio Musicale, Florence), Japan, USA, Israel, Finland (Savonlinnafestival, Mikkeli Music Festival), Switzerland, Netherlands, Great Britain and Luxembourg.
Has performed as guest soloist at the Royal Opera House (London), Opera Bastille, Amsterdam Opera, San Diego Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Colуn, Seattle Opera, Metropolitan Opera, National Opera of Israel (Tel Aviv), Arena di Verona, Oster und Sommer Festival Salzburg.
Has performed with conductors including Abbado, Gergiev, Dimitriady, Temirkanov, Ermler, Lazarev, Chernushenko, Dmitriev, Kolobov, Veltri and Sondetskis.
Recordings include: Boris Godunov, War and Peace, Kashei the Immortal, Love for Three Oranges (as Leander) (Philips Classics) and a solo CD of Classical Russian Romances (Im lab IML CD 017), CD V.Giordano "JlRE" (Nautilus) Milano-St Petersburg, S.Gorkovenko - Mugnajo (1999).