Goodwin is an operatic tenor, born in Sydney, Australia. He began to play violin at the age of 5, as his father, a school teacher was a keen classical music fan. He studied the Voice at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia, under Prof. Lev Morozov, coming out as a Bachelor of Music, graduating in 2005, after 6 years in Russia. During this time he was a regular soloist in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, where he travelled to many cities across the country.
In 2006 he began a postgraduate diploma in vocal studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
He made his operatic debut in 2006 for Opera Australia as Fenton in Verdi's Falstaff. And has since become a regular soloist for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
A List of his operatic roles include;
Lensky (Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow) Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky
Fenton (Sydney) Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
Belmonte (Sydney) The Abduction from the Seraglio; also known as Il Seraglio by Mozart
Don Ottavio (Sydney) Don Giovanni by Mozart
Janek (Sydney) The Makropulos Affair by Leoš Janáček
Tamino (Sydney) The Magic Flute by Mozart
Leandre (Tel Aviv) The Mock Doctor by Charles Gounod
Dante (St.Peterburg) Francesca da Rimini by Sergei Rachmaninov
Avvakum (Moscow) Boyarinya Morozova by Rodion Shchedrin
Alfred (Moscow) Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II
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