Agafonov
In 1993 he graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (class of Anton Grigoriev).
In 1994-96 he was a trainee, in 1996-2001 – a soloist with the opera troupe of the Bolshoi Theatre.
In 2001–2015 he was a member of the ensemble at Mannheim National Theatre.
In 2016–2023 he was a soloist with the Novosibirsk state academic opera and ballet theatre (NOVAT).
Performed at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris National Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Vienna State Opera, Vienna Volksoper, Bavarian State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Komische Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Royal Swedish Opera, Vlaamse Opera, Finnish National Opera, Canadian Opera in Toronto, Florida Grand Opera, New National Theatre Tokyo, New Israeli Opera, National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), Teatro Colón Buenos Aires. He took part in Edinburgh Festival, Budapest Summer Festival ecc.
1st prize at the Zimin International Vocal Competition
Young Gypsy (Aleko)
Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia)
Faust (Faust)
Don Curzio (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Astrologer (The Golden Cockerel)
Rodolfo (La Boheme)
Lykov (Tsar’s Bride)
Alfredo (La Traviata)
Ikharev (The Gamblers)
Lensky (Eugene Onegin)
Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor)
Shuisky (Boris Godunov)
Pollione (Norma)
Herman (The Queen of Spades)
Calaf (Turandot)
Herodes (Salome)
Abbot of Chazeuil (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Frost (The Snow Maiden by Alexander Ostrovsky, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky)
Radames (Aida)
Herman (The Queen of Spades)
Otello (Otello)
Riccardo (Un ballo in maschera)
José (Carmen)
Canio (I Pagliacci)
Gabriel von Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus)
Grigory (Boris Godunov)
Vaudemont (Iolanta)
Tsar Berendey (The Snow Maiden)
Kashchey the Immortal (Kashchey the Immortal)
Rodolfo (La Boheme)
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly)
Manrico (Il Trovatore)
Dick Johnson (Fanciulla del West)
Rodolfo (Luisa Miller)
Don Carlo (Don Carlo)
Gabriele Adorno (Simon Boccanegra)
Cavaradossi (Tosca)
Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)
Luigi (Il Tabarro)
Don Alvaro (La Forza del Destino)