Baritone Aleksey Bogdanov begins the 21/22 season making his debut at The Metropolitan Opera in Boris Godunov (Shchelkalov).  Other engagements this season include a debut with Nashville Opera in Rigoletto (title role), La traviata (Germont) with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, L'Orfeo (Caronte) on a European tour with Europa Galante conducted by Fabio Biondi, and a debut at Royal Swedish Opera for La fanciulla del West (Rance). Last season included a return to Gran Teatre del Liceu for Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Crespel/Luther) and debuts with Austin Opera in Tosca (Scarpia) and Central City Opera in Rigoletto (title role). He debuted at Hawaii Opera Theatre in Tosca (Scarpia). Additional performances that season included Aida (Amonasro) with Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Madama Butterfly (Sharpless) with Tulsa Opera, and Everest (Beck Weathers) and the title role in Aleko with Chicago Opera Theater. Concert appearances included Verdi Requiem with the Colorado Symphony and The Phoenix Symphony, and Handel's Messiah with the Richmond Symphony.  Mr. Bogdanov started the 2018-2019 season with a debut at Maryland Lyric Opera in La fanciulla del West (Rance). He returned to Washington National Opera for Silent Night (Lieutenant Horstmayer) and covered in Tosca (Scarpia) and Eugene Onegin (title role). Additional debuts included Moby Dick (Starbuck) at Chicago Opera Theater, Il corsaro (Pasha Seid) at Teatr Wielki (Warsaw, Poland), and Gurre-Lieder (Peasant/Narrator) with KBS Symphony Orchestra. Aleksey made his debut with the San Francisco Symphony in Boris Godunov (Shchelkalov) conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. Additional recent appearances include Arizona Opera for Tosca (Scarpia), Sarasota Opera for d'Albert's rarely-heard Tiefland (Sebastiano), Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orléans (Lionel) with Odyssey Opera in Boston, Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Four Villains) with Opera North (US), La fanciulla del West (Rance) with Opera Carolina, Tosca (Scarpia) with Opera North (US), Les pêcheurs de perles (Nourabad) with Tulsa Opera, Hérodiade (Vitellius) with Washington Concert Opera, and he covered the title role in Rubinstein's The Demon with Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. As a member of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera he was seen in 100 performances including Carmen (Escamillo), Hansel and Gretel (Peter), title roles in Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte (Guglielmo), L’elisir d’amore (Belcore), Madama Butterfly (Sharpless), and he created the role of Governor George Wallace in the revised version of Glass' Appomattox. Mr. Bogdanov made his debut at The Glimmerglass Festival in Carmen (Escamillo), a signature role that he has performed with The Atlanta Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Columbus Symphony Orchestra. He returned to The Glimmerglass Festival for Madama Butterfly (Sharpless) and Picker's An American Tragedy (Samuel Griffiths). He also appeared in the US premiere of O'Regan's Heart of Darkness with Opera Parallèle. Other career highlights include his Canadian debut as the title role in Eugene Onegin with Edmonton Opera, and his Carnegie Hall debut as Bass Soloist in Messiah. He has been featured as a soloist in Mozart's Requiem at Place des Arts in Montréal, Beethoven's Fidelio with National Symphony Orchestra, Barber's A Hand of Bridge with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Romancero Gitano at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia and Teatro Baretti di Torino, Dvořák's Te Deum and Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine, and the Requiems of Mozart, Fauré, and Duruflé at the Washington National Cathedral.