was born in Russia. His repertoire includes Truffaldino in L'amour des Trois Oranges (Prokofiev), Don Anchise in La finta gardiniera (Mozart), Zinovy in Katerina Ismailova  (Shostakovich), Falke in Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), the Old Man in The Tale of Tsar Sultan (Rimsky-Korsakov), Remendado in Carmen (Bizet), Triquet in Yevgeny Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Selem in The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky), Pang in Turandot (Puccini) and others. He also performed at the Bolshoi as well as in Vienna and Wexford festivals.  This is his Israeli Opera debut.