The death has been announced of Mariinsky soloist Sergei Aleksashkin, aged 72.
He sang abroad at La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, the Washington Opera, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Rome Opera, Hamburg, Opéra National de Lyon, Madrid Opera, San Francisco, Gothenburg, Santiago, Royal Festival Hall, the Concertgebouw, Santa Cecilia, Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall and the Barbican.
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