Alexander Vinogradov made his debut at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow at the age of 21. Since then he has established a remarkable career and has won numerous prizes in international singing competitions.
Mr. Vinogradov is a regular guest at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and he has also performed with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Dresden Semperoper, Teatro Teresa Carreño, Caracas, Palau de les Arts, Valencia, Teatro Real Madrid, Opera National de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet, the City of London Festival, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Ravinia Festival, Baltimore Symphony and Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, just to name a few.
In 2014-2015 and beyond Alexander will sing Rachmaninov’s The Bells with Dmitrij Kitajeno in Gothenburg, the Glagolithic Mass with Philippe Jordan at Konzerthaus Vienna and then record René in Iolanta alongside Andrei Bondarenko with Dmitrij Kitajenko and the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, followed by Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Tokyo with the Israel Philharmonics, conducted by Zubin Mehta. On the operatic stage Alexander can be seen as Colline in La Bohème in Dallas Opera and as Walter in a new production of Guillaume Tell at the Royal Opera House in London, conducted by Antonio Pappano. He will also return to Royal Opera House Coven Garden as Escamillo in Carmen.
Recent highlights include him singing his signature role of Escamillo in Carmen at Teatro La Fenice, Sparafucile in Rigoletto and Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte at Teatro Regio Turin, Silva in Ernani at Opera de Monte-Carlo, Mephistofeles in Faust at Atlanta Opera, a concert of Strauss songs with Nikolay Znaider and the Hallé Orchestra and Rachmaninovt's The Bells with Kitajenko at Konzerthaus Berlin.
Alexander has also recorded songs by Rachmaninoff with pianist Iain Burnside at Edinburgh’s Queens Hall on the Delphian label.
Mr. Vinogradov is also a recitalist much in demand having given recitals in Moscow, St Petersburg, Dresden, Berlin (Deutsche Staatsoper) and Jerusalem.
He continues to work with Svetlana Nesterenko.