Greek bass Alexandros Stavrakakis is the First Prize Winner of the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition, and is a regular at Semperoper Dresden, where his roles this season include Tchelio (The Love for Three Oranges), Filippo II (Don Carlo) and Colline (La bohème) amongst others.

This season he will make important house and role debuts with Hermann (Tannhäuser) at Houston Grand Opera and Vodnik (Rusalka) at Teatro del Liceu Barcelona. On the concert scene, he will sing a new commission by Fazil Say and Mozart's Requiem with the Luzerner Symphonieorchester.

In seasons past, Alexandros Stavrakakis marked his house debuts at The Metropolitan Opera, New York and Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Opera National de Bordeaux, Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, the Verbier Festival and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

Future seasons will see his returns to Metropolitan Opera and Semperoper Dresden as well as house debuts at the Royal Opera House, L’Opéra national de Paris and Opéra de Montreal.