Artyom Wasnetsov, bass, was born in Russia. His repertoire includes Gremin in Yevgeny Onegin, Surin in Pique Dam (Tchaikovsky), Hunding in Die Walkure, Titurel in Parsifal, Fafner and Fasolt in Das Rheingold (Wagner), Ramfis in Aida, Sam in Un ballo in maschera, Lodovico in Otello, Pistola in Falstaff, Sparafucile and Monterone in Rigoletto (Verdi), the Duke in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod), Pimen in Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky), Seneca in L’incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi), the title role in Mefistofele (Boito), Geronte in Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Hermit in Der Freischutz (Weber) and others. He performs at the Vienna Staatsoper and in the opera houses of Copenhagen, Basel, Dortmund, Klagenfurt, Schwerin, Rostock and others.