San Diego Opera debut. Russian
bass Alexander Vinogradov made his professional debut at the age of 21 as
Oroveso in Norma at the Bolshoi
Theatre. Recent notable engagements include Friar Laurent in
Romeo and Juliet and Escamillo in
Carmen at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala,
Malyuta Skuratov in The Tsar’s Bride
at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Alvise in
La Gioconda at Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and Escamillo at Arena di Verona
and Teatro Comunale in Bologna where he also performed the title role of
Don Giovanni. He enjoys a long
association with Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden where he has performed
Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Colline
in La bohème, Pimen in
Boris Godunov, Figaro in
The Marriage of Figaro, Banco in
Macbeth, Timur in
Turandot, Leporello in Don Giovanni
as well as Don Basilio, Escamillo, and Oroveso, among others. Other notable engagements include
Daland in The Flying Dutchman for