AlexanderVinogradov
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Rowan Bidmead
Mark Hildrew
Grace Hewett
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Alexander
Internationally celebrated bass Alexander Vinogradov made his debut at the Bolshoi Theatre at the age of 21 as Oroveso in Norma. He has worked with leading conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Barenboim, Kent Nagano, Vladimir Jurowski, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Placido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Philippe Jordan, Antonio Pappano, Yuri Temirkhanov, Vasily Petrenko, Dmitrij Kitajenko, and Helmuth Rilling.
This 2024/25 season will see Alexander make returns to Teatro alla Scala as Padre Guardiano La forza del destino and to The Metropolitan Opera as Ramfis Aida and Don Basilo Il Barbiere di Siviglia. On the concert platform he will sing Ivan the Terrible with Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España/Pablo González, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 14 with São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko and in Summer perform at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.
Recent opera highlights include Ramfis Aida and Don Basilio Il barbiere di Siviglia at Arena di Verona, Giovanni da Procida I Vespri Siciliani at Opernhaus Zürich, Ramfis Aida at Opera Australia, Wiener Staatsoper and Teatro Real Madrid, Phillipe IIDon Carlo at Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin and Fondazione del Teatro del Maggio Musicale Florentino, Zaccaria Nabucco at Staatsoper Hamburg, Opernhaus Zürich, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Semperoper Dresden, Banco Macbeth at Teatro San Carlo and Escamillo Carmen and Fiesco Simon Boccanegra at Staatsoper Hamburg.
Recent concert appearances include Verdi’s Requiem at Opernhaus Zürich, the Royal Albert Hall, Teatro alla Scala and La Monnaie, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 13 with SWR Symphonieorchester, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at Arena di Verona and Rachmaninov’s The Bells with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival.
His discography includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Zubin Mehta, Carmen with Daniel Barenboim, Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Gustavo Dudamel, Shostakovich's 13th & 14th Symphonies with Vassily Petrenko, Luisa Miller from Venice, Ernani from Monte Carlo, Nabucco with Placido Domingo from Florence, Rachmaninov songs with Ian Burnside, Petite Messe Solennelle with Ottavio Dantone, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta with Kitajenko and Nabucco from Maggio Musicale.
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Video
Alexander Vinogradov - "Babi Yar" from Symphony No. 13 (Shostakovich)
Credit: Alexander Vinogradov
PlayingAlexander Vinogradov - “D’Egitto là su i lidi” Nabucco (Zaccaria)
Credit: Alexander Vinogradov
PlayingAlexander Vinogradov sings "Oh Chi Piange di Femmine Imbelli" Nabucco (Zaccaria)
Credit: Alexander Vinogradov
PlayingAlexander Vinogradov "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" Carmen (Escamillo)
Credit: Alexander Vinogradov
Playing
Selected Repertoire
| Beethoven | Fidelio (Ferrando) |
|---|---|
| Bellini | Norma (Oroveso) |
| Berlioz | Damnation de Faust (Mephisto) |
| Bizet | Carmen (Escamillo) |
| Donizetti | Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo) |
| Gounod | Faust (Mefistopheles), Romeo et Juliette (Frere Laurent) |
| Mozart | Die Zauberflöte (Sprecher, Sarastro) • Le nozze di Figaro (title role) • Don Giovanni (title role), Leporello, Masetto |
| Mussorgsky | Boris Godunov (Pimen) |
| Ponchielli | La Gioconda (Alvise) |
| Prokofiev | Love of Three Oranges (Tchelio) |
| Puccini | La bohème (Colline) • Turandot (Timur) |
| Rachmaninov | Aleko (title role), Francesca da Rimini (Malatesta) |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Tsar’s Bride (Sobakin, Skuratov) • Mozart and Salieri (Salieri) |
| Rossini | l barbiere di Siviglia (Basilio) • Il turco in Italia (Selim) • Guillaume Tell (Walther Fürst) |
| Shostakovich | Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Old Convict) • The Nose (Doctor, Clerk) |
| Strauss | Elektra (Oreste) |
| Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Gremin) • Iolanta (King René) |
| Verdi | Aida (Ramfis) • Attila (title role) • Don Carlo (Filippe II, Inquisitore) • Ernani (Silva) • La Forza del Destino (Marchese di Calatrava, Padre Guardiano) • Luisa Miller (Walther) • Nabucco (Zaccaria) • Macbeth (Banquo) • Otello (Ludovico) • Simone Boccanegra (Fiesco) • I vespri Siciliani (Procida) • Rigoletto (Sparafucile) |
| Wagner | Der Fliegende Holländer (Daland) |
News
Press
Les Huguenots
La Monnaie, BrusselsJun 2022La basse russe Alexander Vinogradov laisse pantois par ses imposants moyens, apportant à son personnage de Marcel non seulement les ressources d’une basse profonde, mais aussi une juste vocalità, …une typologie vocale dont il est l’un des rares (dignes) représentants aujourd’hui. [Translated] The Russian bass Alexander Vinogradov leaves you flabbergasted with his imposing material, bringing to his character of Marcel not only the resources of a deep bass, but also a right vocalità,…a vocal typology of which he is one of the rare (worthy) representatives today.
- Emmanuel Andrieu, Opera Online
- 26 June 2022
Alexander Vinogradov en Marcel s’inscrit dans la tradition des grandes basses chantantes, attachante, réconfortante dans le timbre, assumant les trilles dans le grave (Grand Trio du dernier acte) et la noblesse de ton dans le Choral. [Translated] Alexander Vinogradov as Marcel joins the ranks of great lyric basses, touching, comforting in his timbre, delivering trills in low register (Grand Trio of the last act) and nobility in the whole Choral.
- Alain Attyasse, Resmusica
- 22 June 2022
La révélation de la soirée est le Marcel d’Alexander Vinogradov, huguenot austère et inflexible [Translated] The discovery of the evening is Marcel of Alexander Vinogradov, austere and inflexible.
- Patrice Lieberman, Bachtrack
- 17 June 2022
En prise de rôle et débuts maison également, Alexander Vinogradov a la profondeur de voix incommensurable de Marcel. Droite, profonde et directe, la basse russe perce avec aisance pour dessiner son rôle avec assise et retenue. [Translated] In his role and house debut, Alexander Vinogradov has the immeasurable depth of voice of Marcel. Straight, deep and direct, the Russian bass easily succeeds to draw his role with poise and restraint.
- Soline Heurtebise, Olyrix
- 17 June 2022
