Larisa Avdeyeva | |
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Лариса Авдеева | |
Born |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 June 1925
Died | 10 March 2013 Moscow, Russia | (aged 87)
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Mezzo-soprano |
Years active | 1947-1983 |
Spouse | Yevgeny Svetlanov |
Larisa Ivanovna Avdeyeva or Avdeeva ( Russian: Лариса Ивановна Авдеева; 21 June 1925 – 10 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, who starred with the Bolshoi Opera for thirty years. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1964).
Larisa Ivanovna Avdeyeva was born on 21 June 1925 [1] in Moscow to a family of opera singers. Though surrounded by music and performing in a children's glee club from age eleven, Avdeyeva initially wanted to study architecture. After World War II, she entered college to study construction, but a year later changed over to music. [2] She studied at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre from 1945 to 1946, and the following year began working as a soloist at the Stanislavsky Musical Theatre of Moscow. [1] Among the roles she performed were Olga in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Varvara [2] in the 1950 premiere of Frol Skobeyev by Tikhon Khrennikov, Mistress of Copper Mountain the 1951 premier of Kamenniy tsvetok (based on the story The Stone Flower) by Kirill Molchanov [1] and Kosova in the 1952 production of V buryu (Into the Storm) by Khrennikov. She made her debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1952 reprising her earlier role of Olga. [2]
She was a mezzo-soprano and quickly became a lead singer for those roles, performing as Spring in The Snow Maiden by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Martha in Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky. Avdeyeva excelled in the Rimsky-Korsakov roles of Ljubasha in The Tsar's Bride and Lel in The Snow Maiden and Carmen in the Georges Bizet opera of the same name. [2] Some of her later roles included Princess in Tchaikovsky’s Enchantress, Konchakovna in Borodin’s Prince Igor, Akhrosimova in Prokofiev's War and Peace [1] and the Commissar in Kholminov’s Optimisticheskaya tragediya. She also performed in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States. [3] Making a 1975 trip to the US, Avdeyeva's portrayal of the Countess in War and Peace was described as "not only acted [but] sung superbly". [4]
In addition to her 30 years of live appearances with the Bolshoi, for four decades Avdeyeva recorded with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, which was directed by her husband Yevgeny Svetlanov. [5] She recorded Scriabin's Symphony No. 1 In E Major, Op. 26; [6] in 1969, [7] Edward Elgar's Sea Pictures & Symphony No. 2 in 1977; [8] Tchaikovsky's "Onegin" in 1979; and Prokofiev's "Voina i mir" in 1983, among many other titles. [7] Avdeyeva appeared in the 1951 film Большой концерт (Grand Concert) [9] and played the role of Marina in the 1954 film Boris Godunov, both directed by Vera Stroyeva. [10] In 1964, she was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR. [3]
Adveyeva died on 10 March 2013 in Moscow. [11]
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Larisa Avdeyeva | |
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Лариса Авдеева | |
Born |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 June 1925
Died | 10 March 2013 Moscow, Russia | (aged 87)
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | Mezzo-soprano |
Years active | 1947-1983 |
Spouse | Yevgeny Svetlanov |
Larisa Ivanovna Avdeyeva or Avdeeva ( Russian: Лариса Ивановна Авдеева; 21 June 1925 – 10 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, who starred with the Bolshoi Opera for thirty years. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1964).
Larisa Ivanovna Avdeyeva was born on 21 June 1925 [1] in Moscow to a family of opera singers. Though surrounded by music and performing in a children's glee club from age eleven, Avdeyeva initially wanted to study architecture. After World War II, she entered college to study construction, but a year later changed over to music. [2] She studied at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre from 1945 to 1946, and the following year began working as a soloist at the Stanislavsky Musical Theatre of Moscow. [1] Among the roles she performed were Olga in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Varvara [2] in the 1950 premiere of Frol Skobeyev by Tikhon Khrennikov, Mistress of Copper Mountain the 1951 premier of Kamenniy tsvetok (based on the story The Stone Flower) by Kirill Molchanov [1] and Kosova in the 1952 production of V buryu (Into the Storm) by Khrennikov. She made her debut at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1952 reprising her earlier role of Olga. [2]
She was a mezzo-soprano and quickly became a lead singer for those roles, performing as Spring in The Snow Maiden by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Martha in Khovanshchina by Modest Mussorgsky. Avdeyeva excelled in the Rimsky-Korsakov roles of Ljubasha in The Tsar's Bride and Lel in The Snow Maiden and Carmen in the Georges Bizet opera of the same name. [2] Some of her later roles included Princess in Tchaikovsky’s Enchantress, Konchakovna in Borodin’s Prince Igor, Akhrosimova in Prokofiev's War and Peace [1] and the Commissar in Kholminov’s Optimisticheskaya tragediya. She also performed in Canada, Europe, Japan and the United States. [3] Making a 1975 trip to the US, Avdeyeva's portrayal of the Countess in War and Peace was described as "not only acted [but] sung superbly". [4]
In addition to her 30 years of live appearances with the Bolshoi, for four decades Avdeyeva recorded with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, which was directed by her husband Yevgeny Svetlanov. [5] She recorded Scriabin's Symphony No. 1 In E Major, Op. 26; [6] in 1969, [7] Edward Elgar's Sea Pictures & Symphony No. 2 in 1977; [8] Tchaikovsky's "Onegin" in 1979; and Prokofiev's "Voina i mir" in 1983, among many other titles. [7] Avdeyeva appeared in the 1951 film Большой концерт (Grand Concert) [9] and played the role of Marina in the 1954 film Boris Godunov, both directed by Vera Stroyeva. [10] In 1964, she was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR. [3]
Adveyeva died on 10 March 2013 in Moscow. [11]
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