Aleksey Kursanov

The Russian tenor Aleksey Kursanov made his debut as Tamino in »The Magic Flute« at the Novosibirsk Opera House in 2021 and won 1st prize at the International José Carreras Grand Prix in the same year. Also in 2021, he sang Tebaldo in »I Capuleti e i Montecchi« at the Wexford Festival Opera.
He attended masterclasses with Plácido Domingo, Enrique Mazzola, Luba Orfenova, Gregory Kunde, Ernesto Palacio, Matthias Rexroth and Raul Gimenez. He has been studying with Eytan Pessen since 2022.
Aleksey Kursanov studied at the Viktor Popov Choral Art Academy with Lidia Abramova. He took part in the Opera for Peace Summer Academy and completed the Bolshoi Theatre's Young Artists Opera Programme, where he studied with Dmitry Vdovin.
In 2024, he graduated from the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera, where he worked with Tobias Truninger, Edith Wiens, Brigitte Fassbaender and John Norris.
In Munich, he appeared as Parpignol in »La Bohème«, Vorsänger in »Eugen Onegin«, Leutnant Bonnet in »War and Peace«, Normanno in »Lucia di Lammermoor« and as Tchaikovsky's Romeo in the production »Tchaikovsky Overtures« and in an opera gala of the Bavarian State Ballet under Vladimir Jurowski and Semion Skigin.
In summer 2024, he sang Belfiore in »Il viaggio a Reims« at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro.
In the future, he will remain associated with the Bayerischen Staatsoper. Upcoming appearances include his debuts at the Staatstheater Kassel and Staatstheater Meiningen, as well as at the Winter Baroque Festival in Schwetzingen.