Biography:

Sergei Nikolaevich Aleksashkin ( February 20 , 1952 , Kvasnikovka , Saratov Oblast  – August 27 , 2025 ) was a Soviet and Russian opera singer (bass). People’s Artist of the Russian Federation (2005).

In 1982 he graduated from the Saratov Conservatory (class of A. I. Bystrov). He worked at the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theatre , then in 1983-1984 he trained at La Scala . Since 1989 – soloist of the S. M. Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre (since 1991 – the Mariinsky Theatre ).

He taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory , and was an associate professor in the solo singing department [ 3 ] ; his students included Lev Elgardt [ 4 ] .

Died on August 27, 2025 [ 5 ] .

Creation

He toured in Europe, America, Japan, Australia, and South Korea. He performed with famous conductors: Georg Solti , Valery Gergiev , Claudio Abbado , Yuri Temirkanov , Gennady Rozhdestvensky , Mstislav Rostropovich , Rudolf Barshai , Pavel Kogan , Vladimir Fedoseyev , Alexander Lazarev , Vladimir Spivakov , Dmitry Kitaenko , Ivan Fischer .

As a guest soloist, the singer performed on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera (New York), La Scala (Milan), and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) [ 6 ]

1. Aleksashkin’s extensive repertoire includes leading opera parts, as well as bass parts in vocal and symphonic works ( Mephistopheles– ” The Damnation of Faust” by G. Berlioz ; ” Requiem ” by G. Verdi ; Symphonies No. 13 and No. 14 by D. D. Shostakovich ).

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