Renowned tenor Sergei Larin dies aged 51

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Latvian tenor Sergei Larin, who starred at Milan's la Scala and New York's Metropolitan Opera during a three decade career, has died at the age of 51, the Paris Opera announced on Tuesday.
Larin died on Sunday in Bratislava where he had been a permanent soloist at the Slovak National Theatre since 1992, said a statement released by the Paris Opera where Larin had also appeared in several productions.
Born March 9, 1956, in Daugavpils, Latvia, to parents of Russian origin, Larin trained at the Vilnuis Conservatory in Lithuania and made his opera debut playing Alfredo in Verdi's "La Traviata" in Vilnius.
In 1990, Larin sang one of his biggest roles, as Lensky in Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin', at the Vienna Opera.
His international career then soared, bringing him to the Salzburg Festival, la Scala, Covent Garden in London, the Met, and Buenos Aires' Teatro Colon.
Between 1994 and 2002, the former French student also participated in a dozen productions at Paris' Bastille Opera.
International musical channel Mezzo changed its programming Tuesday to pay tribute to this "exceptional tenor" by airing Bizet's 'Carmen', recorded at Bastille in 2002, in which Larin plays the role of Don Jose.

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Renowned tenor Sergei Larin dies aged 51