Anna Alexandrovna Bichurina (1853-1888) - Russian opera singer ( contralto ).
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| Full name | Anna Alexandrovna Bichurina |
| Date of Birth | 1853 |
| Place of Birth | Tiflis , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | February 5, 1888 |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire |
| Buried | |
| A country |  Russian empire |
| Professions | opera singer , actress |
| Singing voice | contralto |
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Biography
Anna Alexandrovna Bichurina was born in 1853 (in a number of sources in 1854 [1] ) in Tiflis.
She was brought up in the Transcaucasian girl’s institute, where she was regent of the choir, studied singing at the Tiflis School of the Caucasian Musical Society, and then at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under the direction of Henrietta Nissen-Salaman , and later with Professor Giovanni Corsi [2] . Since 1871, she began performing in concerts [1] .
Bichurina’s theatrical debut took place on December 8, 1875 in St. Petersburg at the Mariinsky Theater in the opera “ Life for the Tsar ” by M. Glinka in the role of Vanya (later becoming the crown role of her repertoire) [2] [3] .
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, the pages of the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary claimed that Anna Buchurina
“ She possessed not only a wonderful voice, but also a great stage talent. Her repertoire was very extensive. It gained particular fame for its remarkable performance of Russian domestic and comic roles, such as “Life for the Tsar” (Vanya), “Ruslan and Lyudmila” (Ratmir), “Mermaid” (princess), “Judith” (Avra), “Rogneda” (Izyaslav), “Enemy force” (Spiridonovna), “Smith Vakula “(Solokha),“ May Night ”(sister-in-law)“ Merchant Kalashnikov ”(Solomonida),“ Maccabees ”(Leah),“ Nizhny Novgorod ”(Xenia),“ Eugene Onegin ”(nanny),“ Boris Godunov ”(Fedor and the tavern ), Snegurochka (Lel), Shadow of the Governor (Zhanditskaya), Taras Bulba (Gorpina) and, finally, Cordelia (Uberta). B. Ubertu sang for the last time (before leaving the stage) in 1885. From the operas of the foreign repertoire B. sang with success in “Faust” (Siebel and Martha), “Fra-Diavolo” (Pamela), “Windsor Gummies” (page ), “Lohengrin” (Ortrud), “Prophet” (Fidesz), “Rigoletto” (Madalena) [2] . "
Moreover, according to Polovtsev’s dictionary, Anna Bichurina was naturally endowed with a hot southern temperament; thanks to this, the vocal and dramatic side of the performance of the role for Bichurina stood at the same height, merging into complete harmony and leaving an impression of artistic completeness [3] . P. Tchaikovsky , N. Rimsky-Korsakov , Ts.Kui [1] highly praised Bichurina’s vocal data.
Sang under the direction of E. Napravnik , partners were B. Korsov , M. Koryakin , A. Menshikova , O. Palechek , V. Raab , E. Pavlovskaya , F. Stravinsky [1] .
She has toured throughout Russia and abroad, in the concert repertoire, solo parts of the 9th symphony and Beethoven ’s Solemn Mass were performed , Georgian songs were edited by M. Ippolitov-Ivanov [1] .
A. Borodin dedicated to her his novel “Haste”, and A. Rubinstein - “Prince Rostislav on a strange land” [1] .
In November 1886, Anna Bichurina left the theater stage, saying goodbye to the public in the role of Uberta [3] .
Anna Alexandrovna Bichurina died on February 5, 1888 at the age of 36 and was buried in St. Petersburg at the Novodevichy Cemetery [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Big biographical encyclopedia. 2009
- ↑ 1 2 3 Bichurina Anna Aleksandrovna // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Bichurina, Anna Aleksandrovna // Russian Biographical Dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. , 1908. - T. 3: Betancourt - Byakster. - S. 81.
- ↑ Grave on the plan of the Novodevichy Cemetery (No. 38) // Division IV // All Petersburg for 1914, address and reference book of St. Petersburg / Ed. A.P. Shashkovsky. - SPb. : Partnership of A. S. Suvorin - “New Time”, 1914. - ISBN 5-94030-052-9 .
Literature
- Galler K.A. A. Bichurin // World illustration. 1878. No. 483. S. 243;
- Theatrical album. - St. Petersburg, 1879;
- Borisoglebsky M. Past of the ballet department of the St. Petersburg Theater School;
- Mshvelidze A. Essays on the history of music education in Georgia. - M., 1971.P. 85.
- Obituaries in periodicals for 1888: “New Time” (No. 4290), “News” (No. 38 and 40), “Exchange Sheets” (No. 39), “Musical Review” (No. 6), “St. Petersburg. Newspaper ”(No. 37 and 39),“ Bayan ”(No. 6),“ Nouvelist ”letter. approx. (Number 3).