Aleksey (Albert) Dmitrievich Maslennikov ( September 9, 1929 - November 30, 2016 ) - Soviet and Russian opera singer ( tenor ) and director. People's Artist of the RSFSR ( 1973 ).
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| Full name | Alexey Dmitrievich Maslennikov | |||||
| Date of Birth | September 9, 1929 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Novocherkassk , North Caucasus , USSR | |||||
| Date of death | November 30, 2016 (87 years old) | |||||
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| Professions | chamber singer , opera singer , opera director | |||||
| Singing voice | lyric dramatic tenor | |||||
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| Genres | opera | |||||
| Collectives | The Bolshoi Theatre | |||||
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Biography
Born in the family of a military pilot. Father was a soloist in the amateur choir at the Air Force Academy. N.E. Zhukovsky . He dreamed of becoming a conductor, he sang in a choir in the Red Army Houses in different cities, for some time he learned to play the violin.
After graduation, he entered the Aviation Institute, but, leaving him, he left for Moscow and entered the vocal department at the Music College at the Moscow Conservatory . A.M. Zheleznov, whose father Maslennikov had once been involved in, became his first teacher.
In 1951 he entered the Moscow Conservatory , having the intention to study only with E.K. Katulskaya , whose singing he once heard on the radio. A year later he was enrolled in her class.
In 1953, as part of the Moscow student choir, he participated in the IV International Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest, in 1955 - in the classical singing competition at the V International Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw, where he received the title of laureate and a silver medal. From the third year he took part in the performances of the Opera Studio of the Conservatory.
In 1956-1985 he was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theater , where partners, in particular, were G.P. Vishnevskaya , I.K. Arkhipova , E.V. Obraztsova . In 1965, 1966 and 1967 he participated in the Salzburg festivals , performed the parts of the Holy Fool and the Pretender in the opera Boris Godunov under the direction of Herbert von Karayan [1] . April 7, 1974 at the Bolshoi Theater he performed the role of Alexei in the first production on the opera stage of the opera The Player by S. S. Prokofiev in Russian (2nd edition) [2] . Since 1985 he was engaged in opera directing [3] .
Alexey Dmitrievich passed away on November 30, 2016. He was buried on December 2, 2016 at the Troekurovsky cemetery in Moscow.
Repertoire [3]
- Lensky (" Eugene Onegin " by P. I. Tchaikovsky ) - September 2, 1956
- The Holy Fool ( Boris Godunov by M.P. Mussorgsky ) - November 3, 1956
- Rudolph ( Bohemia by J. Puccini ) - December 8, 1956
- Count Almaviva (The Barber of Seville by J. Rossini ) - January 20, 1957
- Berendey (The Snow Maiden by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov ) - February 12, 1957
- Werther ( Werther J. Massenet ) - July 20, 1957
- Mazin (“ Mother ” by T. N. Khrennikov ) - October 26, 1957 *
- Alfred ( La Traviata by J. Verdi ) - January 9, 1958
- Laca Klemen (“Her stepdaughter” by L. Janacek ) - December 6, 1958 *
- Otto (“Bank Ban” by F. Erkel ) - May 3, 1959
- Vodemon (" Iolanta " by P. I. Tchaikovsky) - October 16, 1959
- Anatole Kuragin (“ War and Peace ” by S. S. Prokofiev) - December 15, 1959 *
- Vladimir Igorevich (“ Prince Igor ” by A.P. Borodin ) - January 24, 1960
- Kukushkin (" The Tale of a Real Man " by S. S. Prokofiev) - October 8, 1960
- Shchepin-Rostovsky (" Decembrists " by Yu. A. Shaporin ) - December 26, 1960
- Faust (“ Faust ” by S. Gounod ) - February 9, 1961
- Duke ( Rigoletto by J. Verdi) - May 3, 1961
- Anatoly (" The fate of man " by I. I. Dzerzhinsky ) - September 30, 1961 *
- Volodya Gavrilov (“ Not Only Love ” by R. K. Shchedrin ) - March 8, 1962
- Fenton ( Falstaff by J. Verdi) - November 17, 1962
- Eric ( Flying Dutchman R. Wagner ) - June 6, 1963
- Adjutant Kutuzova and voice behind the scenes (“War and Peace” by S. S. Prokofiev) - October 26, 1963
- Gvidon (" The Tale of Tsar Saltan " by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov) - December 1, 1963
- Young artist (“October” by V. I. Muradeli ) - April 24, 1964
- Chekalinsky (The Queen of Spades by P. I. Tchaikovsky) - July 23, 1964
- Indian guest (" Sadko " by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov) - January 8, 1965
- Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream by B. Britten ) - December 8, 1965
- Pinkerton (" Cio-Cio-san " by J. Puccini) - December 1, 1966
- Klembovsky (" Semyon Kotko " by S. S. Prokofiev) - April 4, 1970
- Finn (" Ruslan and Lyudmila " M.I. Glinka ) - June 22, 1972
- Paolo ( Francesca da Rimini by S. V. Rachmaninov ) - March 20, 1973
- Alexey (“ Player ” by S. S. Prokofiev) - April 7, 1974 (one of the best games [1] )
- Mozart ( Mozart and Salieri by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov) - December 26, 1976 (one of the best performers of the party [3] )
- Selifan (" Dead Souls " by R. K. Shchedrin) - June 7, 1977
- Cassio ( Othello by J. Verdi) - January 24, 1978
- Don Juan (The Stone Guest by A. S. Dargomyzhsky ) - April 30, 1978
- Golitsyn ( Khovanshchina by M.P. Mussorgsky) - November 1, 1979
- German (The Queen of Spades by P. I. Tchaikovsky) - April 29, 1979
- Zadripirovanny peasant (" Katerina Izmailova " D. D. Shostakovich ) - December 25, 1980
- Don Jerome (“ Betrothal in a Monastery ” by S. S. Prokofiev) - December 26, 1982
- Grishka Kuterma (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov) - December 27, 1983
( * ) the first performer of the party on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater [1]
Audio Records
- 1983 - Alexei in the opera The Player by S. S. Prokofiev; soloists, choir and orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater of the USSR under the direction of A. N. Lazarev . Firm " Melody " С10-20165-70 (3 records) [4]
Video
- 1978 - " Boris Godunov " Modest Mussorgsky , Fool , deer. Boris Khaikin
Awards and titles
- Second Prize of the World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw ( 1955 )
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR ( June 12, 1964 )
- People's Artist of the RSFSR ( June 13, 1973 )
- Order of the October Revolution ( 1976 )
- State Prize of the RSFSR named after M.I. Glinka ( 1977 ) - for the performance of leading roles in the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila, Boris Godunov, War and Peace, and The Player
- Order of Honor ( September 3, 1999 ) - for services to the state, high achievements in industrial activity and a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples [5] .
Bibliography
- Zarubin V.I. Maslennikov A.D. // Musical Encyclopedia : in 6 volumes / Ch. ed. Yu. V. Keldysh . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia. Soviet composer, 1976. - T. 3. - 1104 stb.
- Maslennikov Alexey Dmitrievich // Marshkova T.I., Rybakova L.D. Bolshoi Theater. Golden voices. M .: Algorithm, 2011. S. 531-541.
- Alexey Maslennikov . State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia. Date of treatment August 13, 2017.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Zarubin, 1976 .
- ↑ Prokofiev S. S. Prokofiev about Prokofiev. Articles and interviews / Comp., Ed. and comments by V.P. Varunts. - M .: Soviet composer, 1991.- S. 79. - 285 p. - ISBN 5-85285-219-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Large .
- ↑ S. Prokofiev: “The Player”, opera in four acts . Catalog of Soviet records. Date of treatment August 13, 2017.
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 3, 1999 No. 1155 “On Awarding with State Prizes of the Russian Federation”
Links
- Maslennikov in the party of Mozart on YouTube in the opera Mozart and Salieri by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, State Academic Bolshoi Theater of the USSR. Conductor - Ruben Vartanyan . 1981, Moscow
- Interview with Alexei Maslennikov on the Absolute Hearing YouTube program
- Biography on the site Yandex. Dictionaries " (unavailable link from 06/14/2016 [1148 days])