The Mariinsky Theatre has announced that on Oct. 16, bass Nikolai Petrovich Okhotnikov died at the age 81. For more than three decades Okhotnikov dedicated his life to the Kirov Theatre where he joined in 1971. He performed many leading roles including Kutuzov in “War and Peace,” Heinrich der Vogler in “Lohengrin,” Filippo II in “Don Carlo” and Gremin in “Eugene Onegin.” He was particularly well-known for his {…}