was born in Russia. His repertoire includes Tamino in Die Zauberflote (Mozart), Mozart in Mozart and Salieri (Rimsky Korsakov), Goro in Madama Butterfly (Puccini), Cajus and Fenton in Falstaff (Verdi), the Prince in L'amour des Trois Oranges (Prokofiev), the Astrologer in The Golden Cockerel (Rimsky Korsakov), Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) and other roles. He is a member of the Bolshoi Opera and also performs in Germany, Austria, Japan, Latvia, Slovenia, Italy and other countries. This is his Israeli Opera debut.