Mikhail Agafonov
Mikhail Agafonov (Russian: Михаил Агафонов) is a Russian tenor singer who was born in Moscow and was a graduate of Lunatscharsky Academy for Performing Arts.
Career
In 1993 after graduating from the Academy he joined the
Essen Philharmonic and Queen Elizabeth Hall. As of 2001 he is a member of Mannheim National Theatre where he sings as Duca, Radames, and Assad from The Queen of Saba and many others.[1]
From 2008 to 2009 he performed as Bacchus in
Il Tabarro and Stewa in a German city called Mannheim. In the first half of 2009 he played as Gabriele Adorno in Toronto and then appeared as Cavaradossi with the Paris Opera. In the last half of 2009 he performed in Andrea Chénier and then appeared as Riccardo at the Swedish capital. In 2010 he performed in cities such as Antwerp and Gent in one of which he appeared as Cavaradossi at Semperoper in Dresden. In 2012 he had two plays to perform in; He played a role of Herman in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades and then the same year played as Calaf in Giacomo Puccini's Turandot.[1]
Repertoire
- The Golden Cockerel — Astrologer
- The Queen of Saba — Duca/Radames/Assad
- The Queen of Spades — Herman
- Turandot — Calaf
References
- ^ a b "Mikhail Agafonov". Retrieved December 18, 2014.
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