Lebedev, Mikhail Stepanovich

In 1807 he graduated from the Petersburg Theater School and performed on the stage of the St. Petersburg Bolshoi and Maly Theaters in operas and dramas. Best known as a performer of character parts.

From 1816 to 1848, he combined acting with directing. He wrote the lyrics to the plays and the libretto, was the production director, in particular, composed the libretto and put on the opera “The Firebird, or the Adventures of Ivan the Tsarevich”. He was the first director of "Piemonte Mountains, or the blowing up of the Chortov Bridge".

• Andrey, 1st performer (“Devishnik, or Filatkina's Wedding” in the words of Knyazhnin and music by A.N. Titov , 1809)
• Jacques, 1st performer ("The House of the Insane, or the Strange Wedding" by A. N. Verstovsky , 1822)
• Asmodeus, 1st Performer ("The Firebird, or the Adventures of Ivan the Tsarevich")
• Seminarist Ukastkin (“Taximan Brazhkin, or Sale of a Village” based on a play by A. Shakhovsky )
• Pietro ("Piemonte Mountains, or the blowing up of the Chortov Bridge")
• Timur ("Alina, Queen of Golkond" by F. Bualdier )
• Pedrilo (" Kidnapping from the seralya ")
• Figaro (The Barber of Seville by J. Paisiello )
• Longino (“Monteners Castle” d'Aleraka )
• Fabio (“Camilla, or the Underground” by Italian composer F. Paer )
• Datura ("Swiss family, or longing for the fatherland")
• Kilian (" Free Shooter ")
• Osman ("Raul Bluebeard" by Andre Gretry )
• Crispin ("Fictional Treasure").

P. Zlov , M. Velichkin , G. Klimovsky , A. Ramazanov , V. Samoilov , E. Sandunova , N. Semenova .

After retiring, he received the title of hereditary honorary citizen of St. Petersburg.

• A. A. Gosenpud. Musical Theater in Russia: From the Source to Glinka. Feature article. - L., 1959. P. 730

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