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| Type: | Baritone |
| Genre: | Opera |
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General | | Biography: | Born in Moscow, baritone Rodion Pogossov joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the beginning of the 2000/01 season. During the 2001/02 season, he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as the Herald in 'Otello' in the Met’s Opening Night Gala and also performed the roles of Marullo in 'Rigoletto' and Fiorello in 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia'. During the 2001/02 season, Pogossov made his Carnegie Hall debut with The Metropolitan Opera Chamber Ensemble, singing Stravinsky’s 'Renard', under the baton of James Levine. During the 2002/03 season, he made his Carnegie Hall recital debut.
Pogossov works closely with internationally acclaimed conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov. In collaboration with him and the Russian National Philarmonic Orchestra, Pogossov participated in the 2004 New Year Eve Gala concert at the Moscow International Music House and in a Gala at the Great Hall of Moscow conservatoire. During the summer of 2002, he performed in an International Music Festival, 'Chereshnevy Les' with Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow's Virtuosi Orchestra. In 2001 he made his recital debut with the same Orchestra.
Pogossov has recorded excerpts from 'I Pagliacci', 'Faust', and 'Tannhauser' with the Novaya Opera Orchestra and the Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir.
In the 2004/05 season he has sung Papageno in a new production of 'Die Zauberflote' with James Levine, in a Gala concert at the Queen Elisabeth Hall, London.
He has recently sung Malatesta in 'Don Pasquale', Harlequin in 'Ariadne auf Naxos' and Papageno at the Met, Guglielmo in 'Cosi’ fan tutte' with Glyndebourne Touring Opera and a recital at the Frankfurt Opera and Papageno at the Bilbao Opera conducted by Spinosa.
His future engagements include Figaro in 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' at the Canadian Opera Company and at the MET, Valentin in 'Faust' at the Bilbao Opera, , 'Eugene Onegin' at the Festival de Lanaudiere conducted by Kent Nagano and at the Welsh National Opera, 'Elisir d'amore' at the Oviedo Opera, 'Der Vampyr' by Marschner at the Teatro Comunale Bologna.
He will also be singing a solo recital at Musica Insieme, Bologna and has just recorded a solo recital disc for the prestigious EMI Debut Series.
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