Vladimir Baykov, bass-baritone was born in Russia. His repertoire includes the title role in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Bartok) and in Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky), Mephistopheles in Faust (Gounod), Gunther in Gotterdammerung, Wotan in Das Rheingold (Wagner), Ruprecht in The Fiery Angel (Prokofiev), Silva in Ernani (Verdi), Leporello in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Oroveso in Norma (Bellini) and many others. He performs in opera houses all over Russia including the Mariinsky, as well as in Helsinki, Brussels, Bonn, Warsaw, Turin, Mannheim, Amsterdam, Lisbon and many others. This is his Israeli Opera debut.
