Born in Saint Petersburg, Sergey Skorokhodov studied at the Glinka Choral School and the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory. Since 2007, he has been a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, where he performs all the major tenor roles. Highlights from previous seasons include his portrayals of Vaudémont (Iolanta) in Baden-Baden and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Prince Andrei Khovansky (Khovanshchina) at La Scala in Milan, Erik (The Flying Dutchman) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and Grigory (Boris Godunov) at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.He has also performed the title role in Lohengrin, Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca), Ivan (The Nose), Ismaël (Nabucco), Bacchus (Ariadne auf Naxos), and Alfredo (La Traviata) at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, the Opéra National du Rhin, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Glyndebourne Festival. He was named Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2018.At the Paris National Opera: Khovanshchina (Prince Andrei Khovansky), 2022.

Sergey SkorokhodovTenor