Aleksei Maslennikov


Aleksei Dmitriyevich Maslennikov was a Russian tenor.
Maslennikov was born in Novocherkassk, Russia. In 1953 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory and in 1955 became a member of the Bolshoi Theatre where he remained into the late 1990s. His vocal style is often compared to that of the German tenor Gerhard Stolze as both men shared a likeness in singing Sprechgesang. He collaborated with composer Stefania Anatolyevna Zaranek on the operetta Zolotoi Fontan.

Repertoire at the Bolshoi Theatre

  • Lensky – September 2, 1956
  • Simpleton – November 3, 1956
  • Rudolfo – December 8, 1956
  • Count Almaviva – January 20, 1957
  • Berendey – February 12, 1957
  • Werther – July 20, 1957
  • Mazin – October 26, 1957
  • Alfredo – January 9, 1958
  • Laca Klemeň – December 6, 1958
  • Otto – May 3, 1959
  • Vaudemont – October 16, 1959
  • Anatole Kuragin – December 15, 1959
  • Vladimir Igorevich – January 24, 1960
  • Kukushkin – October 8, 1960
  • Schepin-Rostovsky – December 26, 1960
  • Faust – February 9, 1961
  • Duke of Mantua – May 3, 1961
  • Anatoly – September 30, 1961
  • Vladimir Gavrilov – March 8, 1962
  • Fenton – November 17, 1962
  • Eric – June 6, 1963
  • The adjutant of Kutuzov and the voice behind the scenes – October 26, 1963
  • Guidon – December 1, 1963
  • The young actor – April 24, 1964
  • Chekalinsky – July 23, 1964
  • Hindu guest – January 8, 1965
  • Lysander – December 8, 1965
  • Pinkerton – December 1, 1966
  • Klembovsky – April 4, 1970
  • Finn – June 22, 1972
  • Paolo – March 20, 1973
  • Aleksei – April 7, 1974
  • Mozart – December 26, 1976
  • Selifan – June 7, 1977
  • Cassio – January 24, 1978
  • Don Giovanni – April 30, 1978
  • Golitsyn – November 1, 1979
  • Hermann – April 29, 1979
  • Bedraggled little man – December 25, 1980
  • Don Jerome – December 26, 1982
  • Grisha Kuterma – December 27, 1983

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