Pyotr Andreevich Lodiy (August 3 ( 15 ), 1855 , according to other sources, 1852 , St. Petersburg , Russian Empire - May 20, 1920 , Rostov-on-Don , RSFSR ) - drama actor, opera and chamber singer (lyric and dramatic tenor ), Director and teacher. Sometimes performed under the pseudonym Lidin.
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| basic information | |
| Full name | Pyotr Andreevich Lodiy |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Rostov-on-Don , RSFSR |
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Professions | opera singer, actor , theater director , vocal teacher |
| Singing voice | lyric dramatic tenor |
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| Genres | opera , operetta , chamber music |
| Aliases | Lidine |
| Collectives | Mariinsky Theatre |
Biography
He was born in a famous musical family, in the building of the State Assignation Bank , where his father, Andrei Petrovich Lodiy , a famous musician, singer (graceful lyric tenor), and vocal teacher, who was in the circle of Glinka and Kukolnik , served as executor.
First he studied singing with his father, in 1874-1878. - at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (two years in the class of J. Corsi , then at K. Everardi ). He began his stage career as a vaudeville actor in the summer theaters of St. Petersburg under the pseudonym Lydia. In 1878 he made his debut in the party Faust ( “Faust” ) on the stage of the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theater. From 1878 to 1880 and from 1882 to 1884. sang at the Mariinsky Theater , then participated in provincial troupes, repeatedly performed in concerts. He prepared about 40 opera parts and 25 roles from operettas. He also performed as a dramatic actor and pop (chamber) vocalist. The first performer of a number of romances by E. Napravnik , M. Balakirev , P. Tchaikovsky , M. Mussorgsky , who mostly performed to the accompaniment of the authors themselves.
He was friends with M. Mussorgsky, M. Balakirev, P. Tchaikovsky.
From 1882 he conducted pedagogical work in St. Petersburg, in 1887-1990 in Tiflis . In 1890, he organized his own courses with the opera class in St. Petersburg, and also taught at the Court Singing Chapel.
Daughter - Zoya Petrovna Lodiy (1886-1957) - Russian chamber singer (lyrical soprano).
Creativity
Performed about 40 opera parts: Muri (“The Son of the Mandarin”) - 1st performer; Levko (May Night) - 1st performer; Vyazemsky (“Merchant Kalashnikov”) - 1st performer; Don Juan ( Stone Guest , main edition); Andrey (" Mazepa " by P. Tchaikovsky ); Dervish ("The Parrot"); Hoffmann (" Tales of Hoffmann "); Nurredin (Lalla Rook); Sobinin (" Life for the Tsar " Glinka ); Finn, Bayan, Prince (The Mermaid by A. Dargomyzhsky ); Duke ( Rigoletto ); Fra Devil; Lohengrin; Jester (Rogneda); Berendey ("The Snow Maiden " by Rimsky-Korsakov ); Jaromir; Paisiy (The Enchantress of Tchaikovsky ), Lensky ( Eugene Onegin of Tchaikovsky ); Almaviva (“The Barber of Seville ” by J. Rossini ), Jose (“ Carmen ” by J. Bizet ), Radames (“ Aida ” by Verdi ); Canio (The " Pagliacci " by R. Leoncavallo ); Yontek (" Pebble " Monyushko ); Walter (“ Tannhauser ” by Wagner ).
25 roles in operettas: “ Corneville Bells ” by R. Planket , “ Beautiful Elena ”, “ Songbirds ” and “Blue Beard” by J. Offenbach .
On August 15, 1877, Mussorgsky wrote to A. Golenishchev-Kutuzov about the singer’s performance of the ballad “Leader”:
“You cannot quite clearly imagine, dear friend, a striking feature ... of a picture when it is transmitted by a tenor! Some kind of nailed to the place, some inexorable, deadly love is heard! This, to put it more precisely, is death, coldly passionate in love with death, enjoying death. The novelty of the experience is unheard of! And how talented P. A. Lodius was to touch your wonderful picture! Quite an artist-singer ” [1]
Notes
Literature
- Editorial Board P.A. Lodius - tenor // World Illustration : Journal. - 1885. - T. 33 , No. 846 . - S. 274 .
- Dictionary of stage figures. - SPb., 1904. Issue. 13;
- Shkafer V.P. Forty years on the stage of Russian opera: Memoirs. 1890-1930. - L., 1936.S. 118, 123, 124;
- Tchaikovsky on the Moscow stage: The first productions in the years of his life. - M .; L., 1940. S. 359, 360;
- Kachiy Yu. Soloist of the Russian opera // Crimean Truth (Simferopol). 1965 Jan 23;
- Kachiy Yu. Andrei from the opera of Tchaikovsky // Transcarpathian truth (Uzhgorod). 1973. 2 Sept .;
- M. Mussorgsky. Literary Heritage: Letters. Biographical materials and documents. - M., 1971.P. 233;
- Gosenpud A. A. Russian opera house of the XIX century. 1873-1889.- L., 1973. S. 38-39;
- Mshvelidze A. Essays on the history of musical education in Georgia. - M., 1971. P. 82-83.
- Domestic singers. 1750-1917: Dictionary / Pruzhansky A. M. - 1st ed .. - M .: Soviet composer, 1991. - T. 1. - P. 288.