Klara Isaakovna Brun ( Brun-Kamionskaya ; November 19 ( December 1 ) 1876 - October 25, 1959 ) - Soviet opera singer (soprano), soloist of the Kiev City Theater; Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1938). The wife of the opera singer O. I. Kamionsky [2] .
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| Full name | Klara Isaakovna Brun-Kamionskaya |
| Date of Birth | November 19 ( December 1 ) 1876 |
| Place of Birth | Smela , Cherkasy district , Kiev province , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | October 25, 1959 (82 years old) |
| A place of death | Kiev , USSR , USSR |
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| A country |  Russian empire  the USSR |
| Professions | singer, music teacher |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity, repertoire
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
Biography
She was born on November 19 (December 1), 1876 in the city of Smela (now Cherkasy region ) in a poor family. From early childhood she showed singing talent. At the expense of the philanthropist, Tsvetkova studied singing at the Vienna Conservatory (1894-1899, Leventauce class), improved in 1903 and 1913 in Italy with C. Rossi.
In 1899 she made her debut in Nikolaev (opera Troubadour by J. Verdi ). In 1899-1926 she sang as part of opera companies in many cities of the Russian Empire , Austria , Germany , France and other European countries. She also performed as a chamber singer during numerous tours.
Since 1926, she was engaged in pedagogical activities. She taught at the Kiev College of Music (1929-1934), Kiev Conservatory (1934-1952). Since 1939 - professor of the conservatory. Her students were such singers of the Kiev opera as L. Lobanova , T. Mikhailova, G. Sukhorukova [2] .
In 1941-1944 she was evacuated to Baku , where she led a vocal studio at the Philharmonic. After returning to Kiev, she again continued her teaching career at the conservatory, where she worked until 1952.
She died on October 25, 1959. She was buried in Kiev at the Baykovsky cemetery near her husband (plot No. 8a).
Creativity, Repertoire
She had an even, powerful voice of a beautiful timbre and a wide range with a dramatic temperament. S. Levik noted:
| Brun was not named a dramatic singer because, of course, she carried a dramatic repertoire, but because her vocal image was Lisa from The Queen of Spades or Martha from the Tsar’s Bride , Valentina from the Huguenots , or Margarita from Faust - always organically included a dramatic element, excitement and awe of experience, and not the tension of the voice for the outward expression of the dramatic situation ... Among the soprano Brun I heard on the Russian scene, one of the first places rightfully belongs - it was so warm, even hotly sang. |
The repertoire of the singer totaled about 100 parties. She was the first in Russia to play the part of Tosca in the opera of the same name by J. Puccini [2] .
Notes
- ↑ Kamionskaya-Brun, Klara Isaakovna // Jewish Encyclopedia - St. Petersburg. : 1911. - T. 9. - S. 198.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Sound of history and culture of Ukraine: Kyiv: Encyclopedic vision. Prince 1, part 2: M — S. - K .: Goals. ed. The memory of history and culture at the sight of the “Ukrainian encyclopedia” im. M.P. Bazhan, 2004 .-- S. 585.
Literature
- Brun-Kamіnska Klara Isakіvna // Encyclopedia of Ukraine today : [ Ukrainian ] : at 30 t. / NAS of Ukraine , Naukova іm partnership. Shevchenko , Institute of Encyclopedic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. - K. , 2001—…. - ISBN 944-02-3354-x .
- Pruzhansky A.M. Domestic Singers. 1750-1917: Dictionary. - Ed. 2nd fix and add., electronic. - M. , 2008. (Russian)