 The same year, Nikolay Baskov was invited to the Bolshoi theatre troupe, where he performed the major arias in such operas as "Yevgeni Onegin", "Prince Igor", "Boris Godunov", "Traviata", and others.In 2000, he recorded his first debut solo album, "The Dedication".The music video filmed for "In Memory of Caruso" (a cover of "Caruso" written by Lucio Dalla) was aired on Russian TV and increased his popularity.