[1] After the Russian Revolution, when Orthodox singing moved into the category of marginal employment, the number of basso profondos sharply declined.
Zlatopolsky's place was employed by the Union Radio Choir, but he also performed with a number of Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran churches, and at times a synagogue.
Zlatopolsky began singing with Yurlov's choir, and later participated in Valery Polyansky's recording of Gretchaninov's Seven Days of Passion with the State Symphony Capella of Russia.
He also can be heard singing Sviridov's Songs of Kursk with the Moscow State Chamber Choir under Vladimir Minin.
Although these parts were mostly small, his most prominent roles were in Pugachev (1978), Three Years (1980), We are Not Crowned in the Church (1982), and Storm over Russia (1992).
One Moscow chorister describes the experience of singing with Zlatopolsky thus: "At one concert on a small stage, we stood in close alignment.