Alexander Vasilyevich Preobrazhensky (1890-1963) - Soviet choirmaster, opera singer ( tenor ), music teacher. People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR ( 1938 ). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree ( 1946 ).
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| Full name | Alexander Vasilievich Preobrazhensky | ||
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| Professions | opera singer , choral conductor, music teacher | ||
| Singing voice | tenor | ||
| Collectives | Sverdlovsk ATOB named after A. V, Lunacharsky , UrNH | ||
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 2.1 Opera parts
- 2.2 Conducted by performances
- 3 Awards
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
A. Preobrazhensky was born on August 24 ( September 5 ), 1890 in Kaluga in a noble family. In 1900-1910 he studied at the Moscow Synodal School, then until 1914 - singing at the Moscow Conservatory ( Umberto Mazetti class). In 1914-1915 he performed in provincial opera companies. In 1916-1919, the soloist of the Moscow People’s House. He toured in Kazan , Perm and Yekaterinburg . Since 1919, the choirmaster at the State Small Opera and the Mobile Opera Our Theater (Moscow). In 1930-1936, the head of the vocal and choral staff of the printing house "Red Proletarian" and at the same time a teacher of singing in a comprehensive school. In 1932-1936, the choir master of the Bolshoi Theater , in 1936-1939, the combined Russian and Kazakh Opera ( KazATOB named after Abay ). In 1939-1948, the main choirmaster of the Swatob named after A.V. Lunacharsky . In 1940, the artistic director of UrNH . Since 1942, a teacher, in 1944-1951 the head. Department of Choir Conducting SGK named after M.P. Mussorgsky (since 1947 professor , in 1948-1949 vice-rector for academic affairs, in 1949-1950 rector ). In 1951-1952, the head of the RRHK (Moscow). In 1951-1963, professor at the conductor-choral department of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Theater .
A.V. Preobrazhensky died on August 3, 1963 in Moscow.
Creativity
Opera
- 1918 - "Fedora" by W. Giordano - Loris ; The Mona Lisa A. Ponchielli - Enzo
- “Ruslan and Lyudmila” M. I. Glinka - Finn
- "Prince Igor" A.P. Borodin - Vladimir Igorevich
- Khovanshchina by M. P. Mussorgsky - Prince Vasily Golitsyn
- "Demon" by A. G. Rubinstein - Prince Sinodal
- "Cherevichki" by P. I. Tchaikovsky - Vakula
- "Mazepa" by P. I. Tchaikovsky - Andrey
- “Faust” S. Gounod - Faust
- “Romeo and Juliet” S. Gounod - Romeo
- Rigoletto by J. Verdi - Duke
- Masquerade Ball by J. Verdi - Richard
- "Longing" by J. Puccini - Cavaradossi
- "Cio-Cio-san" by J. Puccini - Pinkerton
- “Thais” J. Massenet - Nikias
- “Pebble” S. Monyushko - Yontek
Conducted by performances
- 1939 - “Ivan Susanin” M.I. Glinka
- 1940 - The Oprichnik by P. I. Tchaikovsky
- 1943 - "Emelyan Pugachev" by M.V. Koval ; Thunderstorm by V. N. Trambitsky
- 1945 - Othello by J. Verdi (together with A. E. Margulyan )
Awards and Prizes
- People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR (1938)
- Stalin Prize of the second degree (1946) - for conducting the Othello opera performance by G. Verdi, staged on the stage of the Sverdlovsk ATB named after A. V. Lunacharsky
Literature
- Lokshin D. Wonderful Russian choirs and their conductors. 3rd ed. M., 1963. S. 162-166 .; Soviet choir conductors. M., 1986.P. 172.
- Domestic singers. 1750-1917: Dictionary / Pruzhansky A. M. - 1st ed .. - M .: Soviet composer, 1991. - T. 1. - P. 407.