Lev Elgardt, bass, was born in Russia. His repertoire includes Don Fernando in Fidelio (Beethoven), Zuniga in Carmen (Bizet), Masetto in Don Giovanni (Mozart), Geronte in Manon Lescaut (Puccini), Cuno in Der Freischutz (Weber), Gloucester in King Lear (Slominskyi), Gremin in Yevgeny Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Filiberto in Il signor Bruschino (Rossini) and others. He performed in the opera houses of Russia including the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg and others.