Sergei Skorokhodov

Born in St. Petersburg, Sergey Skorokhodov completed his studies from the Glinka Choir School and the State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. He has made appearances at leading international opera houses such as the Bayerische Staatsoper, Opéra national de Paris, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Royal Swedish Opera, the Washington Opera and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

Since 2007, Sergey has been a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, where he has performed roles such as Lenski in Eugene Onegin, Ivan in The Nose, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Foresto in Attila, Macduff in Macbeth, Alfredo in La traviata, and Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca. Other roles include the title roles in Lohengrin, Tannhäuser and Les contes d’Hoffmann.

Highlights of past seasons include performances of Iolanta, alongside Anna Netrebko, in Baden-Baden and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as the production of Khovantchina at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, directed by Mario Martone and conducted by Valery Gergiev. At the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Sergey has performed in The Nose, and Der Fliegende Höllander. After his 2008 debut at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre as Grigory in Boris Godunov, he performed the role at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.
Other highlights include performances of the title role in Lohengrin, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Ivan in The Nose, Erik in The Flying Dutchman, Ismaele in Nabucco, Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos, and Alfredo in La Traviata at the Mariinsky Theatre, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Valencia Palau de la Musica, Chicago Lyric Opera, and Glyndebourne Festival.

Sergey has worked with renowed conductors like Riccardo Muti, Valéry Gergiev, Yuri Temirkanov, Vladimir Jurowski, Edo de Waart, Plácido Domingo, Kirill Petrenko, and Kent Nagano. He has been honoured as Artist of the Republic of Bashkorostan in 2018.