Vladimir Kudashev, bass was born in Russia. His repertoire includes Rene in Iolanta (Tchaikovsky), Mephistopheles in Faust (Gounod), Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), Daland in Der fliegende Hollander (Wagner), the title role and Pimen in Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky), Ruslan in Ruslan and Ludmila (Glinka), Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) and many others. He performs regularly in numerous Russian opera houses. This is his Israeli Opera debut.