Sergei Leiferkus

Film & TV

Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]

Known for

• Prokofiev: War and Peace — Fürst Nikolai Andrejewitsch Bolkonski / Matwejew2023
• Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen — Forester2012
• The Tsarina's Slippers — His Highness2009
• Verdi: Otello — Iago2008
• The Miserly Knight — Baron2005
• Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades — Conde Tomsky2002
• Samson et Dalila — Grand-prêtre de Dagon1998
• Chaliapin: The Enchanter1998
• Carmen — Escamillo1997
• The Fiery Angel — Ruprecht1993

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Sergei Leiferkus (Серге́й Петро́вич Лейферку́с) is an operatic baritone who was born in 1946 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), USSR. He is known for his dramatic technique and powerful voice particularly in Russian and Italian language repertoire. He is most notable for his roles as Scarpia in Tosca, Iago in Otello, Grand-prétre de Dagon in Samson et Dalila and as the title role in Simon Boccanegra He studied music at the St. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sergei+Leiferkus">Read more on L

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Sergey

Gender

male

Citizenship

Soviet Union

Place of birth

Saint Petersburg

Occupation

performing artist

Languages spoken

Russian

Award

People's Artist of the RSFSR

Instrument

voice

Image

Sergei Leiferkus.jpg

Voice type

bass

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