Born in 1976, the Ukrainian bass’ career is soaring, having given very successful company debuts at the Metropolitan Opera New York, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Palau de les Arts Raina Sofia in Valencia, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Liceu Barcelona, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.<
In 2014-2015 and beyond his engagements include:
Sparafucile Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House and at the Bolshoi, Fafner Rheingold with the Seoul Philharmonic under Mo Chung, a Charity Gala with Dmitri Hvorostovsky at the Kremlin Palace, Fiesco Boccanegra with Leo Nucci, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor andTimur Turandot (new production)at La Scala, his role debut as Prince Gudal in the Demon in Russia, Raimondo Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich as well as the revival of Calixto Bieto’s version of Boris Godunov in Munich again, in which he debuted very successfully in 2013 and is now on DVD. He will also return to the Met and make his Paris Opera debut.
Alexander has very successfully worked with conductors including Zubin Metha, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barnboim, Sir Colin Davis, Antonio Pappano, Marco Armiliato, Nicola Luisotti, Kent Nagano, Gustavo Dudamel and Simone Young.
In concert he appeared at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino to sing Mozart’s as well as Verdi’s Requiem and Don Carlo and he sang his Gurrelieder debut at Konzertverein Vienna, all under the baton of Zubin Mehta, Boito Mephistofeles (Prologue) with the Accademia Santa Cecilia conducted by Pappano, Rigoletto in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel Otello in concert with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra at Barbican Center London and at Deutsche Aids Gala in Düsseldorf. He gave a solo recital at St Johns Smith Square London and took part in the 20th anniversary celebration concert of the charity event “Festliche Gala der Deutschen AIDS Stiftung” at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
As a former member of Hamburgische Staatsoper and Hamburger Opernstudio, he also sang numerous titles including Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Lucia di Lammermoor, Eugene Onegin, Turandot, Un Ballo in Maschera, Macbeth, Carmen, Die Meistersinger, La Traviata, Rheingold, Siegfried, Walküre, Rigoletto, Falstaff, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Attila.
Alexander gained a master’s degree in vocal performance at the Odessa Conservatory in 2003. His teachers were amongst others: Ludmila Ivanova, Vasily Navrotsky, Paata Burchuladze, Prof. Kurt Moll, KS Thomas Moser and Veriano Luchetti. During and after his education he won numerous first awards including “International S. Trnavsky Competition” in Slovakia (2000), “The 5th Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers” Moscow (2006), “The XIII International Competition of Young Opera Singers Riccardo Zandonai” Riva del Garda (2007) and “The XIII International Tchaikovsky Competition” Moscow (2007).