Anatoli Kotcherga (Ukrainian: Анатолій Іванович Кочерга ; Born July 9, 1947 in Samhorodok, the Winnyzja district, Ukraine), PAU, is a Ukrainian operatic bass. He studied music at the Kiev Conservatory. In 1971 he won a prize in the Glinka Competition, and in 1974 he won the Tchaikovsky Competition. Shortly thereafter he was hired by the Kiev Opera. His international career was launched in 1989, when he sang Shaklovity in the Vienna Staatsoper's '' Khovanshchina'', conducted by Claudio Abbado. He performed as

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at the 1994 Salzburg Easter and Summer festivals, and he has been particularly associated with the part, singing it in Venice, Turin, Montpellier and with the Vienna Staatsoper in Japan. He also sang Dosifey. Other roles include the Commendatore, Sparafucile,

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, Banquo, and the Grand Inquisitor. Non-operatic work includes

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'', Shostakovich's 13th Symphony and Janáček's ''Glagolitic Mass''. He can be seen on video as Shaklovity,VHS from RM Arts 1989, . Dosifey, Father Varlaam (in a video featuring

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as Boris Godunov), and the Commendatore.

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Shaklovity's aria from KHOVANSHCHINA (YouTube video)
1947 births Living people People from Vinnytsia Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian male opera singers Kyiv Conservatory alumni {{Ukraine-opera-singer-stub