Alexander Antonenko (Tenor)
As one of the up-and-coming international spinto tenors of the next
generation, Aleksandrs Antonenko has quickly formed a remarkable career at the
world’s leading opera houses. He first came to public attention when he won the
Paul Sakss Prize in 2002 and the Grand Latvian Music Prize in 2004, before
embarking on his international career as one of the most outstanding spinto
tenors of the present day. Among numerous current and future engagements, he has
appeared at such leading opera houses as the Semperoper Dresden, the Deutsche
Oper Berlin, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Opéra de
Monte-Carlo and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, where he was acclaimed for the
demanding role of Giuseppe Hagenbach in La Wally. At the Royal Swedish Opera in
Stockholm and at the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo, he has sung the role of
Des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), which was also his debut role at the Wiener
Staatsoper in 2006. At the Latvian National Opera, he first sang the role of
Sergei in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk in January 2006. During the
2006-07 season, Aleksandrs Antonenko appeared at the Norwegian National Opera in
Oslo (as Don José), the Deutsche Oper Berlin (as Turiddu), the Opéra de
Monte-Carlo (as Turiddu) and at the Baden-Baden Festival (as Cavaradossi). Among
other roles, Aleksandrs Antonenko has appeared as Gabriele Adorno (Simon
Boccanegra) at the Oper Frankfurt and Ismaele in a new production of Nabucco at
the Bayerische Staatsoper. As Verdi’s Otello he made his debut at the Salzburg
Festival in the summer of 2008 in a new production under the baton of maestro
Riccardo Muti.
He also sang in a new production of Otello at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.
In February 2009 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera (New York) in
Rusalka (as the Prince together with Renée Fleming) to great acclaim. In 2010 he
sang in The Queen of Spades and Otello at the Wiener Staatsoper, as Turriddu in
Cavalleria rusticana in Valencia and as the Pretender in a new production of
Boris Godunov at the Metropolitan Opera.
In 2011 he sang in Otello with maestro Muti and the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, in a new production of Otello at the Opéra de Paris and a new
production of Il tabarro (Luigi) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in
addition to a new production of La fanciulla del West in Stockholm directed by
Christof Loy.
He has previously sung as Cavaradossi in Tosca at the Teatro alla Scala in
Milan, in a new production of Otello under the baton of maestro Pappano at the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a debut at the Arena di Verona with Tosca and
Samson et Dalila at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
Furthermore, he sang as Radamès in a new production of Aida at the Zurich
Opera as well as Hermann in The Queen of Spades.
In April 2015 he appeared in Turandot for the EXPO-opening at the Teatro alla
Scala in Milan.
Future engagements include his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
as Canio in I pagliacci (on the same evening he will be singing I pagliacci and
Cavalleria rusticana (as Turiddu) and a new production of Otello at the
Metropolitan Opera in New York.
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