Anna Ilyinichna Makletskaya (married Dobrokhotova ; 1880 - 1951 ) - Russian singer (mezzo-soprano) and teacher.
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She had a strong voice of a warm timbre, stage temperament and choreographic abilities. Her repertoire totaled 48 parts in operas and 6 roles in operettas.
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Biography
Born in 1880 in Yekaterinburg in the family of the director of the Yekaterinburg branch of the Volga-Kama Bank - I. Makletsky (with his funds, in 1900 a local concert hall was built for performances and concerts by an amateur group).
From the age of seven, she studied at the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Institute (she was a choir regent here, took part in concerts, performed arias from operas), after which she gave private lessons. At the same time she studied at the Music and Drama Courses of E. Raphoff (under the direction of Yu. Ozarovsky ) and took singing lessons from S. Sonka . Since 1901, she prepared parties under the leadership of E. Pavlovskaya . In the summer of 1913 she improved in vocal art in Milan and Rome .
Stage work Makletskaya began in 1898 in the St. Petersburg opera entreprise M. K. Maksakova (theater "Arcadia") and L. P. Steinberg. In 1899-1905, she was a soloist of the Moscow Bolshoi Theater (she made her debut in the role of Azucheni - The Troubadour by J. Verdi).
In 1901 she toured in Yekaterinburg, where she performed in the “Tsar’s Bride” by N. Rimsky-Korsakov. Since 1901, on the recommendation of L. V. Sobinova, she participated in concerts by the Circle of Russian Music Lovers. Makletskaya’s chamber repertoire included the romances of C. Cui, S. Taneev, A. Grechaninov, A. S. Arensky, A. Dargomyzhsky, M. Balakirev, P. Tchaikovsky, A. Goldenweiser.
She later sang at the Maksakov Opera Association (Moscow Aquarium Theater, 1905-1907), Kazan (1906, touring), Odessa (1907), Moscow (Private Opera, Solodovnikov Theater, 1907-1908; opera S. Zimina, 1911— 1913), Petersburg (People’s House, 1908 and 1914), Yekaterinburg (1911-1912). She also toured in Kharkov, Kiev, Irkutsk, Kislovodsk, Kremenchug (1911).
During the First World War, she worked as a nurse for free, often performed in concerts, the fee from which was given to political prisoners and emigrants. After 1918, she performed occasionally in concerts, opera radio programs, in front of the soldiers of the Red Army, in rest houses and sanatoriums.
In the early 1920s, Makletskaya taught at the Moscow Private School V. Zograf-Plaksina , later - at the Moscow Musical College named after F.I. Chaliapin, A.N. Scriabin and A.G. Rubinshtein (until 1931), then - at the Leningrad School of Music. In 1937, she taught Italian at the College of Music named after A.K. Glazunov.
Died June 30, 1951 in Moscow.
See also
- Concert Hall Makletsky
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Links
- Makletskaya Anna Ilyinichna // Domestic singers. 1750-1917: Dictionary / Pruzhansky A. M. - Ed. 2nd fix and add. - M. , 2008.
- Makletskaya Anna Ilyinichna (1880-1951) // Vocal-encyclopedic dictionary: Bibliography: in 5 volumes / M. S. Agin . - M. , 1991-1994.