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Anatoly Kotcherga (born July 9, 1944) is a Ukrainian operatic bass.

Born in Winnyzja, Ukraine, he studied at the Kiev Conservatory. His international carreer took off after singing Shlakovity in Khovanshchina under the baton of Claudio Abbado in 1989, recording Boris Godunov with him five years later. He has gone on to sing at many of the worlds great opera houses including the Vienna State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera National de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and made his premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 2012.