ɐmˌʌŋ hɪz ɹˈoʊlz wɜː: ˈaɪvən sˈuːzɐnˌɪn ænd ɹˈʌslən ɪnðə tˈuː ɡlˈɪŋkə ˈɑːpɚɹəz, dˈɑːn bæzˈɪlɪˌoʊ ɪn ˈɪl bˌɑːɹbiˈɛɹ di sɪvˈɪɡliə baɪ ɹɔsˈiːni, mˌɛfɪstˈɑːfəlˌiːz ɪn fˈɔːst baɪ ɡˈaʊnɑːd, pɹˈɪns ɡɹˈɛmɪn ɪn ˈɛvdʒɛni wˈʌndʒɪn baɪ tˈiːtʃeɪkˈɑːvski, sˈælɪɹi ɪn mˈoʊtsɑːɹt ænd sˈælɪɹi ænd ðə vˈaɪkɪŋ ɡˈɛst ɪn sˈædkoʊ baɪ ɹˈɪmskikˈoːɹsɐkˌɑːv, ðɪ ˈoʊld dʒˈɪpsi ɪn ɐlˈiːkoʊ baɪ ɹˈætʃmɐnˌɪnɔf,  wˈɑːtən ɪn wˈæɡnɚz ɹˈɪŋ ʌvðə nˈaɪblʌŋz,  kˈɑːntʃæk ɪn pɹˈɪns ˈiːɡoːɹ baɪ bˈoːɹədˌɪn, fˈɪlɪp ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː ænd pɹˈɑːsɪdə ɪn vˈɜːdiz tˈuː fɹˈɛntʃ ɡɹˈænd ˈɑːpɚɹəz, ænd sˌoʊ ˈɔn.
Among his roles were: Ivan Susanin and Ruslan in the two Glinka operas, Don Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini, Mephistopheles in Faust by Gounod, Prince Gremin in Evgeny Onegin by Tchaikovsky, Salieri in Mozart and Salieri and the Viking guest in Sadko by Rimsky-Korsakov, the old gypsy in Aleko by Rachmaninoff,  Wotan in Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs,  Konchak in Prince Igor by Borodin, Philip II and Procida in Verdi's two French grand operas, and so on.