Aleksandrs Antonenko
Born: 26th June 1975, Riga
Nationality: Latvian
Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko was born in Riga in 1975 and began his career as a chorus-member at Latvian National Opera; after winning the Latvian Great Music award in 2003, he became in increasing demand internationally for roles including Cavaradossi, Sergey in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, the Prince in Rusalka (with which he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2009) , Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Canio in Pagliacci.