Aleksei Maslennikov (tenor)

Aleksei Dmitrievitch Maslennikov Масленников Алексей (Альберт) Дмитриевич (born September 9, 1929), is a Russian tenor.

Maslennikov was born in Novocherkassk, Russia. In 1953 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory and in 1955 became a member of the Bolshoi Theatre where he remained into the late 1990s. His vocal style is often compared to that of German tenor Gerhard Stolze as both men shared a likeness in singing Sprechgesang.

Recordings

• Don Jerome in Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery
• The pilot Kukushkin in Prokofiev's The Story of a Real Man dir. Mark Ermler. 1961
• Both Shuisky and the Simpleton in Mussorgky's Boris Godunov dir. Herbert von Karajan.
• Anatole Kuragin in Prokofiev's War and Peace dir. Alexander Melik-Pashayev

Notes

• Betrothal in a Monastery - Guardian website review