Born in 1974 (Leningrad/St.Petersburg).
1980 - 1990 - studied as a chorister and choir conductor in Choral School named after M.Glinka (St.Petersburg).
1998 - entered the opera/opera directing department of The State St.Petersburg Rimskiy-Korsakov Conservatory.

In 1999, he joined the Academy of Young Singers at The Mariinsky Theatre.
In the same year Sergei Skorokhodov made his Mariinsky debut as Guido Bardi in Eine Florentinische Tragodie by Alexander von Zemlinsky conducted by Valery Gergiev.
In 2003, obtained a Diploma at Obraztsova International Competition in St.Petersburg.
In 2004 and 2005 took part in Renata Scotto‘s Master Classes in Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma.

During his time with The Mariinsky Theatre Sergei Skorokhodov toured with the Company in Holland (Concertgebouw, Amsterdam), France (Opera National de Paris), United Kingdom (The Barbican Hall, London), Sweden (The Royal Opera, Stockholm), Finland (International Music Festival, Mikkeli) and in Israel (Classics On The Red Sea Festival, Eilat).

Sergei Skorokhodov sang in operas of Donizetti (Lucia di Lammermoor), Bellini (La Sonnambula), Verdi (Nabucco), Puccini (Il Tabarro), Wagner (Lohengrin, Parsifal), Saint-Saens (Samson et Dalila), Shostakovich (The Nose), Prokofiev (Semyon Kotko) and Rimsky-Korsakov (Mlada, The Snowmaiden).