Kovaleva, Galina Alexandrovna

Galina Kovaleva was born on March 7, 1932 in the village of Goryachiy Klyuch (now in the Krasnodar Territory , Russia ).

In 1959 she graduated from the Saratov Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinov in the singing class of O. N. Strizhova . During the training, she received a Sobinovsky scholarship. In 1957 , while still a fourth-year student, she participated in concerts of the VI World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow .

Since 1958 - soloist of the Saratov Opera and Ballet Theater .

Since 1960 - soloist of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater. S. M. Kirov (now the Mariinsky Theater ). In 1961 she made her debut in the role of Rosina in the opera The Barber of Seville by J. Rossini . Later she became famous in such parts of the foreign repertoire as Lucia (“ Lucia di Lammermur ” by G. Donizetti ), Violetta (“ La Traviata ” by J. Verdi ). The Russian repertoire is also close to the singer: in the operas of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov , Martha (The Tsar’s Bride ), Tsarevna-Lebed (The Tale of Tsar Saltan ), Volkhov ( Sadko ), in the operas of M. I. Glinka - Antonida (" Ivan Susanin "), Lyudmila (" Ruslan and Lyudmila ").

She sang in duets with such outstanding singers of her time as Nikolai Giaurov , Georg Ots , Hendrik Krumm , Vladimir Atlantov , Virgilius Noreika , Elena Obraztsova , Irina Bogacheva , etc. She performed as a concert singer.

She toured in Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , France , Italy , Canada , Poland , East Germany , Japan , USA, Sweden, Great Britain, Latin America ^[1] .

Since 1970 - Associate Professor of the Leningrad Conservatory (since 1981 - Professor). Famous students - S. A. Yalysheva , Yu. N. Zamyatin .

Member of the CPSU since 1965 .

Died on January 7, 1995 in St. Petersburg from cancer. She was buried on the Literary bridges of the Volkovsky cemetery .

Family

• Spouse - Anatoly Katkov (1935-2005), trombonist and music teacher, soloist of the Leningrad State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after S. Kirov, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1980).

Opera

• 1961 - The Barber of Seville by J. Rossini - Rosina (debut)
• Rigoletto by J. Verdi - Gilda
• La Traviata Verdi - Violetta
• Troubadour by J. Verdi - Leonora
• “ Aida ” J. Verdi - Aida
• “ Lucia di Lammermoor ” G. Donizetti - Lucia
• " Manon " J. Massenet - Manon
• The Magic Flute by V. A. Mozart - Queen of the Night
• " Carmen " by J. Bizet - Michaela
• The Tsar’s Bride by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov - Martha
• “The Snow Maiden ” by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov - The Snow Maiden
• " The Tale of Tsar Saltan " by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov - The Swan Princess
• " Sadko " N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov- Volkhov
• " Ivan Susanin " M.I. Glinka - Antonida
• " Ruslan and Lyudmila " M. I. Glinka - Lyudmila
• " War and Peace " S. S. Prokofiev - Natasha Rostova
• Betrothal in the Monastery by S. S. Prokofiev - Louise
• "Peter the First" A.P. Petrova - Anastasia
• "October" V. I. Muradeli - the daughter of a worker
• The Queen of Spades by P. I. Tchaikovsky - Prilep
• " Iolanthe " by P. I. Tchaikovsky - Iolanthe
• " Three Fat Men " V. I. Rubin - Suok
• " Lakme " L. Deliba - Lakme
• Masquerade Ball J. Verdi - Oscar
• “Laszlo Hunyadi” F. Erkel - Maria

Chamber Repertoire

She also acted as a chamber singer and had an extensive chamber repertoire: romances by P. I. Tchaikovsky, S. V. Rakhmaninov, S. I. Taneev , P. P. Bulakhov , A. L. Gurilev , A. G. Varlamov , A. K. Glazunov , works of S. S. Prokofiev, D. D. Shostakovich, Yu. A. Shaporin , R. M. Gliere , G. V. Sviridov . Her concert programs featured the works of R. Schumann , F. Schubert , I. Brahms , I. S. Bach , F. Liszt , G. Handel , E. Grieg , E. Schausson , C. Dupark , and K. Debussy .

The singer included in her concerts arias and scenes from operas that she could not perform in the theater, for example: arias from the operas of V. A. Mozart (“ All Women Do This ”), G. Donizetti (“ Don Pasquale ”), F. Chilea ( Adriana Lecouvreur ), J. Puccini ( Madame Butterfly ), J. Meyerbeer ( Huguenots ), J. Verdi (The Force of Fate ).

For many years she performed in collaboration with organists. Her regular partner is the Leningrad organist N. I. Oksentyan . In the interpretation of the singer, the music of Italian masters, arias from the cantatas and oratorios of I. S. Bach, G. Handel, vocal compositions by F. Schubert, R. Schumann, F. Liszt sounded to the organ. She also performed “Concert for Voice and Orchestra” by R. M. Glier , major solo parts in “ Requiem ” by J. Verdi, in “The Seasons” by J. Haydn , in the Second Symphony of G. Mahler , in “ Bells ” by S. V. Rachmaninov, in the symphony-cantata of Yu. A. Shaporin “On the Kulikov Field”.

• Laureate of the International Competition of Young Opera Singers in Sofia (1961, 2nd Prize) ^[1]
• Winner of the IX International Vocal Competition in Toulouse (1962, 1st prize)
• Laureate of the Montreal International Competition of Performers (1967)
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964) ^[2]
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1967)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1974)
• State Prize of the RSFSR named after M. I. Glinka (1978) - for the performance of Antonida and Martha’s parts in the opera performances “Ivan Susanin” by M. I. Glinka and “The Tsar’s Bride” by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov

• Bialik M.G. Galina Kovaleva. - Leningrad: Art, 1984. - 32; ill. with. - (Masters of Arts at the Kirov Theater).
• Korykhalova N.P. Galina Kovaleva. Creative portrait. - Leningrad: Music, 1986. - 32; ill. with. - (Masters of Performing Arts). - 37,000 copies.