According to the Times, Shtokolov was nicknamed "the Soviet Shaliapin," in a nod to Feodor Shaliapin, the great pre-revolutionary Russian bass.
Shtokolov died of complications from peritonitis. He was buried at St. Petersburg's Volkovskoye on January 11 after a memorial at the Mariinsky.
Composer John Adams and theatre director Lileana Blain-Cruz retells the story of the Nativity, through the lens of Latin America.
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Lileana Blain-Cruz directs the new production, opening April 23.
The Cuban-born composer is this season's Debs Composer's Chair.
The cast is led by Bryonha Marie and Nathan Gunn, with Tony winner Ted Sperling at the baton.
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