Russian-born baritone Rodion Pogossov currently holds American and Russian citizenship.

He joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera at the beginning of his career in the 2000/2001 season. He made his Carnegie Hall debut with The Metropolitan Opera Chamber Ensemble, singing Stravinsky’s Renard under the baton of James Levine, and the following season gave his first Carnegie Hall recital. From there, his outstanding career unfolded.

Now based in Cincinnati, he regularly sings the role of Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, as well as in Glyndebourne and at the MET. Other major operatic roles include: Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, which he has sung in numerous theatres across the world, including the Hamburg State Opera, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Munich Bavarian Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Minnesota Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Teatro Comunale Pergolesi in Jesi and Canadian Opera.

In the past seasons he made multiple debuts, including: Don Giovanni with the Oviedo Opera; Die Zauberflöte with the LA Opera and at the Lincoln Center in New York; Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the LA Opera and at the Minnesota Opera; Così fan tutte at the MET, conducted by James Levine and streamed on an HD live broadcast; La Bohème at the Michigan Opera Theatre, at the MET, at the Royal Opera Covent Garden; Le Comte Ory with the Seattle Opera; Manon Lescaut at the Bavarian State Opera; Pagliacci at the MET; Il Trovatore at Opera Graz, Don Pasquale at the Opera La Monnaie and Carmen at the Seattle Opera.

More recently, he sang in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) at Teatro Regio in Turin and at the Cincinnati Opera, L’Elisir d’amore (Belcore) at the Seattle Opera, Makropulos Case at the Malmö Opera, La Bohème (Marcello) at the Welsh National Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Munich Bavarian National Opera; La Forza del Destino at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Pique Dame at the Opera Liceu Barcelona; Il Turco in Italia at the Glyndebourne Festival and La Cenerentola at the LA Opera.

Also a wonderful recitalist, solo appearances have included St. John’s Smith Square, Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vancouver Recital Society, a Rachmaninov recital at the Wigmore Hall accompanied by Iain Burnside in 2014, as well as a Medtner recital in 2019. He has also performed La Scala di Seta under the baton of Enrique Mazzola and the Orchestre National d’Ile-de-France and Rachmaninov’s The Bells at the Vara Konserthus. He regularly performs Carmina Burana, including appearances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Simon Bolivar Orchestra Venezuela, Spanish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, which has been released on CD.

Rodion continues to work with world-renowned conductors such as: James Levine, Jean-Christoph Spinosi, Kent Nagano, Yves Abel and James Conlon, to name a few.

As a recording artist, his discography includes a solo recital disc for the prestigious EMI Debut Series, which received great acclaim. This was followed by a disc of Rachmaninov songs with pianist Iain Burnside, released in February 2014 and Bellini’s Adelson e Salvini with Opera Rara.

Future projects include: Die Zauberflöte (Papageno) in Treviso and Padua.

November 2024