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Soviet singer and opera singer (1920-1981)
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2020-11-07 00:00:00
Moussorsky KHOVANSHCHINA - Khaikin 1974
Modeste Moussorgsky KHOVANSHCHINA (Rimsky-Korsakov completion)Alexei Krivchenya (Prince Ivan Khovanski)Vladislav Pyavko (Prince Andrei Khovanski)Alexei Maslennikov (Prince Vasili Golitsin)Viktor Nechipailo (Boyar Shakloviti)Alexander Ognivtsev (Dosifei)Irina Arkhipova (Marfa)Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi TheatreBoris Khaikin (conductor)Melodiya/HMV SLS 50233 stereo LPs [P] 19745 FLAC files (one for each act) + booklet/libretto and Gramophone review The Gramophone review (November 1975) states: "...at the center, as it should be, is Marfa. In her, the conflicts of the plot meet - awareness of the changing order, religious feeling, a sense of the supernatural (her Divination scene is superbly done), and a powerful concept of duty, all struggling for supremacy and expressed in a strong female sensuality. It is one of the greatest dramatic parts in Russian opera, one to which all Russian mezzos long to match themselves; and Irina Arkhipova is in full command of it. Her sneering comments to Andrey as he is discovered […]
2017-08-27 13:00:13
“Ask any girl what she’d rather be than beautiful, and she’ll say more beautiful”
Born on this day in 1916 actress and comedienne (and owner of a killer pair of gams!) Martha Raye. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZV-Vu-40M0 Born on this day in 1866 heldentenor Erik Schmedes. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbtMjpDbris Born on this day in 1920 bass Alexander Pavlovich Ognivtsev. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N_WXDfp6ME Happy 84th birthday soprano Nicoletta Panni. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEaay2O1X0 Happy 68th birthday mezzo-soprano Ann Murray. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkt64kycWS0 Happy 58th birthday conductor Sian Edwards. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7xHXqWtkA
2016-08-27 17:15:00
I’ve always felt like a kid
Happy 64th birthday actor, producer and comedian Paul Reubens, aka “Pee-wee Herman.” //www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3VdDIHJkbQ Born on this day in 1866 heldentenor Erik Schmedes. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbtMjpDbris Born on this day in 1867 composer Umberto Giordano. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyhocpdUfq0 Born on this day in 1920 bass Alexander Pavlovich Ognivtsev. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N_WXDfp6ME Happy 83rd birthday soprano Nicoletta Panni. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEaay2O1X0 Happy 67th birthday mezzo-soprano Ann Murray. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkt64kycWS0 Happy 57th birthday conductor Sian Edwards. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=u57TTTJbr2s
2016-07-07 15:00:03
Neighbors
If you were in New York on July 7, 1975 chances are you were at the Met reveling in the visiting Bolshoi Opera’s Eugene Onegin. On the 41st anniversary of that performance, “Trove Thursday” shares a document starring Tamara Milashkina, Yuri Mazurok and Vladimir Atlantov. Russian-born impresario Sol Hurok labored to bring the Bolshoi Opera to the United States for years but he died a year before his organization Hurok Artists announced the group’s month-long visit to the Met in 1975. Six operas were presented: Boris Godunov opened the season which also included The Gambler, War and Peace, Pikovaya Dama and Molchanov’s Quiet Flows the Don, in addition to Onegin. My recollection was there was a lot of enthusiasm about the Bolshoi’s biggest stars, most appearing in the U.S. for the first time. But other than Elena Obraztsova, no one had a significant Met career—Atlantov and Mazurok each sang […]
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