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Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko takes on the title role of Verdi's Otello in tonight's free Nightly Met Opera Stream.!

Aleksandrs Antonenko sings Don José's aria from Act II of Bizet's Carmen.

Aleksandrs Antoņenko

Latvian tenor

Aleksandrs Antoņenko
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Born	() 26 June (age&#;49) Riga, Latvian SSR
Occupation	Opera singer (tenor)
Years active	–present

Musical artist

Aleksandrs Antoņenko (born 26 June ) is a Latvian tenor who specializes in the dramatic repertoire, and has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala.

Biography

Aleksandrs Antoņenko was born in Riga to a large family. Already in childhood, he showed an aptitude for music.

In , he graduated from the Latvian Academy of Music, in the class of wind instruments, and in parallel began vocal lessons under Margarita Gruzdeva.^[1] She identified him as a tenor, although many believed that the voice of Aleksandrs was a bass-baritone.

Aleksandrs Antonenko, Carlo Guelfi, and Juan Francisco Gatell at Orchestra Hall on April 7, (Todd Rosenberg photo).

Aleksandr Antonenko's Otello may be in part to blame: others have conveyed Otello's anguish with greater depth.

Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko takes on the title role of Verdi's Otello in tonight's free Nightly Met Opera Stream.

Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko has sung the role of Samson at Paris Opera and Opéra de Monte-Carlo, both opposite Anita Rachvelishvili.

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Antoņenko considers his teacher as his "second mother" and continues to take lessons from her. He also studied at the vocal department of the Academy of Music in the class of Arvid Luste.

In , he began singing in t