Mikahil Nikanorov was born in Russia. His repertoire includes roles in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Semyon Kotko (Prokofiev), Madama Butterfly, La boheme (Puccini), Carmen (Bizet), La Sonnambula (Bellini), Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), Rigoletto, La traviata (Verdi), Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) and many others. He performs regularly with all major opera houses in Russia as well as in Finland and Germany.

His roles at the Israeli Opera:
Boris Godunov: Shchelkalov (2013)
Boris Godunov: Pimen (2006)