Recent and upcoming engagements of Roman Astakhov include roles such as Hans Foltz and Hans Schwarz in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Salzburg Easter Festival, at Bayerische Staatsoper München, Opéra Bastille, Oper Leipzig and Semperoper Dresden; Don Basilio in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf and Oper Leipzig; Colonna in Rienzi at Opera di Roma; Truffaldino in Ariadne auf Naxos at Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf; Dansker in Billy Budd at the National Theatre Prague; Dulcamara in L’elisire d’amore at Aaalto Theater Essen and Staatstheater Braunschweig; Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Aalto Theater Essen. Roman Astakhov is a graduate of the Russian Theatre University where he studied classical vocal performance. He continued his education at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center with Galina Vishnevskaya.
