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Alexander Kravets has established himself as one of the most versatile operatic performers of his generation, specialising in the “Spieltenor” repertoire throughout the world.

Alexander has been acclaimed in the title role of by Shostakovich at the Aix en Provence Festival and Opéra de Lyon; he has also appeared as The Policeman (The Nose) at Staatsoper Berlin, Opéra de Lausanne, Dutch National , and at the , New York. Alexander Kravets Alexander has also enjoyed great critical acclaim as the Drunken Man (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) at La Scala, Milan, , Madrid, Teatro di San Carlo Napoli, Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre de Genève and Opéra National de .

Recent highlights include the World Premiere of A. Raskatov’s „The Dog’s Heart“ as Sharikov and the Schoolmaster (The Cunning Little Vixen) at the Dutch National Opera, Kedril (From the House of Dead) at the Teatro Real de Madrid, Monostatos (Die Zauberflöte) at La Fenice, Triquet (Eugene Onegin) and Monostatos at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, 2nd Officer (Die Soldaten) at the Komische Oper Berlin, Sellem (The Rake’s Progress) at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, Pong (Turandot) at the Opéra de Nice and the Drunken Man (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) at the Opéra de Monte Carlo.

Alexander appears regularly at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, more recently as Rustighello (Lucrezia Borgia), Trabuco (La Forza del Destino), Piet (Le grand macabre), and Gastone (La Traviata), and at the Opéra National de Paris as Graf Albert (Die Tote Stadt) and as Ser Toldo (Franscesa da Rimini, Zandonai). Further engagements in Paris have included the role of Mozart (Mozart and Salieri, Rimsky-Korsakov) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and the roles of Papiol and Trouvère in „Re Orso“ by Marco Stroppa at the Opéra Comique.

Alexander has also appeared at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Oper der Stadt Bonn, Royal Opera House Wallonie, Vlaamse Opera, Opéra de Toulon, Opéra Angers/Nantes and Teatro Comunale di Bologna.

Alexander’s engagements this season and beyond include: The Moneylender (The Miserly Knight) and the Astrologer (The Golden Cockerel) at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie and at the Teatro Real, Madrid, Monostatos at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo and Prince Nilskh in the Gambler at the Opéra de Nice. Next season Alexander will make his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as The Policeman (The Nose) in a new production by Barrie Kosky.

September 2015

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