Sergei Skorokhodov makes his debut as Alfredo

Scene from the opera La traviata

Tenor Sergei Skorokhodov, one of the Mariinsky Opera Company’s finest singers, has a “powerful and pure voice with an incredibly charismatic upper register.” Last year the singer received the  Montblanc New Names prize, an award that is presented to talented young performers on an annual basis during the  Stars of the White Nights festival. Sergei Skorokhodov had previously been listed by Sobaka.ru magazine as one of St Petersburg’s most famous residents, not least because of his performance of the role of Lohengrin in the eponymous opera by Richard Wagner at the Concert Hall. St Petersburg audiences naturally also know Sergei Skorokhodov as a stage partner of Anna Netrebko, with whom he has appeared in one of the theatre’s most recent premieres – L’elisir d’amore (as Nemorino) – as well as in Lucia di Lammermoor (as Edgardo).

One of Sergei Skorokhodov’s greatest skills is the ease with which he can move from heldentenor roles to comic characters; he has appeared to equal acclaim in a recording of Lucia di Lammermoor (as Normanno) opposite Natalie Dessay and in a recording of the opera The Nose in which he sang as Ivan on the Mariinsky recording label.

In addition to his appearance as Alfredo Germont tomorrow at the Mariinsky Theatre, the singer will also be making his debut at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin this season (7 and 13 April).

Together with Sergei Skorokhodov, on 5 November Elena Karpesh, a soloist with the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers, will be making her debut in the role of Annina in La traviata.