He finished the
Moscow conservatory in 1956 in the class of the well-known singer Elena Katulskaja.
Since 1956, Maslennikov was a soloist of the Bolshoj. He sang until 1985, then became a producer.
Maslennikov sang in Italy, Austria, France, Canada, and the USA. In 1965, 1966 and 1967, he sang with success at the Salzburg
Festival under Herbert von Karajan (Simpleton in Boris Godunov).
Chronology of his Bolshoj repertory:
Lenskij – September 2, 1956
Simpleton – November 3, 1956
Rodolfo – December 8, 1956
Almaaviva – January 20, 1957
Berendej – February 12, 1957
Werther – July 20, 1957
Mazin (Mat/The mother by Khrennikov) – October 26, 1957
Alfredo – January 9, 1958
Laca – December 6, 1958
Otto (Bánk Bán) – May 3, 1959
Vodemon – October 16, 1959
Anatol Kuragin – December 15, 1959
Vladimir Igorevich – January 24, 1960
Kukushkin (Povest o nastojashchem cheloveke/The story of a real man by Prokofyev) – October 8, 1960
Shchepin-Rostovskij (Dekabristy by Shaporin) – December 26, 1960
Faust – February 9, 1961
Duca – May 3, 1961
Anatolij (Sudba cheloveka/The fate of man by Dzerzhinskij) – September 30, 1961
Volodja Gavrilov (Ne tolko ljubov/Not only love by Shchedrin) – March 8, 1962
Fenton – November 17, 1962
Erik – June 6, 1963
Adjutant to Kutuzov and Backstage voice (Vojna i mir/War and peace) – October 26, 1963
Gvidon – December 1, 1963
Young artist (Oktjabr by Muradeli) – April 24, 1964
Chekalinskij – July 23, 1964
Indian guest – January 8, 1965
Lysander (A midsummer night's dream) – December 8, 1965
Pinkerton – December 1, 1966
Klembovskij (Semjon Kotko) – April 4, 1970
Finn – June 22, 1972
Paolo (Francesca da Rimini) – March 20, 1973
Aleksej (Igrok/The gambler) – April 7, 1974
Mozart – December 26, 1976
Selifan (Mjortvye dushi/Dead souls by Shchedrin) – June 7, 1977
Cassio – January 24, 1978
Don Juan (Kamennyj gost/The stone guest) – April 30, 1978
German – April 29, 1979
Golitsyn – November 1, 1979
Naughty little man (Katerina Izmajlova) – December 25, 1980
Don Zherome (Obruchenie v monastyre/Betrothal in the monastery) – December 26, 1982
Grishka Kuterma – December 27, 1983
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