Career
He was awarded the first prize at the Geneva International Music Competition in 1972. He is noted for his performances of roles in the operas of Rimsky-Korsakov under conductor Valery Gergiev and others Including the title role of the wizard in the one-act opera Kashchey the Immortal and the traitor Grishka Kuterma in The Invisible City of Kitezh.
Other roles include Herod in Richard Strauss" Salome.
