baritone, was born in Russia .His repertoire includes Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini), the title role in Don Giovanni (Mozart) and in Háry János (Kodály), Germont in La traviata (Verdi), Escamillo in Carmen (Bizet) and Wolfram in Tannhäuser (Wagner). He has performed at the opera houses and festivals of Marseille, Strasbourg, Paris, Montpellier, Brazil, Switzerland and others. At the Israeli Opera he performed Pizarro in Fidelio (Beethoven) and the title role in Yevgeny Onegin (Tchaikovsky).