Mikhail Petrenko (born 1976 in St. Petersburg, Russia) is an opera singer who sings bass.

Career

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Highlights in the 2013–14 season included: a return to the Metropolitan Opera for Prince Galitsky (Prince Igor) and Netherlands Opera for Gounod's Faust. He also sang the role of Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlo) for the Verbier Festival. In January 2015, Petrenko returned to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of a new production of Bluebeard's Castle. He has also performed in concerts with the Bamberger Symphoniker, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.[1]

Roles that Petrenko has performed include:

In November 2011, he performed the role of Ruslan (Ruslan and Lyudmila) at the reopening of Moscow's historic Bolshoi Theatre.[2]

Filmography

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  • Metropolitan Opera Live in HD
    • Bluebeard's Castle (2015) ... Bluebeard
    • Prince Igor (2014) ... Prince Galitsky
    • Boris Godunov (2010) ... Pimen
  • Götterdämmerung (2013 TV movie) ... Hagen
  • Don Giovanni Juan (2010) ... Leporello
  • Otello (2008 TV movie) ... Lodovico
  • Benvenuto Cellini (2007 TV movie) ... Pope Clemens VII

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