Nominated by Opernwelt for his role of Scarpia in Tosca and for Macbeth in the 2010-2011 season. Highly acclaimed for his title roles of Macbeth, Nabucco and Rigoletto in G. Verdi’s operas, and also of di Luna (Il trovatore), Iago (Otello), Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Don Carlo (La forza del destino), Amonasro (Aida), Germont (La traviata), Seid (Il corsaro), Don Carlo (Ernani). He was greatly appreciated for his parts of Don Giovanni, Eugene Onegin, King Roger, Carlo Gerard (Andrea Chenier), Scarpia (Tosca), Barnaba (Gioconda), Jochanaan (Salome). He is particularly known for his acting abilities and stage charisma.