Grigory Petrovich Ugrinovich (1857-1931) - Russian and Soviet singer (lyrical tenor ), Honored Artist of State Theaters (since 1918).
| Grigory Ugrinovich | |
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| Date of Birth | |
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| A country |  Russian empire  |
| Professions | opera singer , actor |
| Singing voice | lyric tenor |
| Genres | Opera |
| Collectives | Mariinskii Opera House |
| Awards | Honored Artist of State Theaters (since 1918) |
Biography
He served in the choir of singing Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment . In 1885–1887 he was a chorister , in 1887–1923 he was a soloist at the Mariinsky Theater (later the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater).
Creativity
Possessed a high, but small sounding voice of a bright timbre . His performance was distinguished by expressiveness, subtle phrasing and vivid recitation. The artist was characterized by comic talent, which manifested itself in characteristic parties.
He successfully performed the most diverse parts. He often performed in minor parties, but always created vivid, lively images.
He was the first performer of the parties:
- Lukasha ( The Enchantress by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ),
- Eroshki ( “Prince Igor” by Alexander Borodin ),
- Signet (“ Prince of Silver ” by Grigory Kazachenko ),
- Shabashkin ( "Dubrovsky" by Eduard Napravnik ),
- Medvedchik ("The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia " by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ),
- Clerk ( "The Night Before Christmas" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ),
- Novgorod ( “Mlada” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ),
- Herald and Slave ( "Servilia" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ),
- Dorofey and Zharkov ( “The Captain's Daughter” by Caesar Cui ),
- Guest ( “The Miracle of Roses” by Peter Schenk ,
- at the Mariinsky Theater
- Muezzin (“ Feramors ” by Anton Rubinstein ),
- Matugi ( Pskovityanka , M, 3rd ed.),
- School teacher ( “Cherevichki” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ),
- The first godfather (“Pan Sotnik” by Grigory Kazachenko ),
- Scribe ( "Khovanshchina" Modest Mussorgsky ),
- Kara-Yusuf ("Treason"),
- Don Curzio (“ The Wedding of Figaro ” by Mozart ),
- Prisoner ( Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven ),
- Chinese seller (" Lakme " Leo Deliba ),
- Moser (“ Nuremberg Masters ” by Richard Wagner ),
- Koshenil (" Tales of Hoffmann " by Jacques Offenbach );
- In addition, on the Russian stage
- Tybalt ( Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod )
- Bardolph ( Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi ),
- Shepherd ( "Tristan and Isolde" by Richard Wagner ).
Other parties include: Bayan, Finn, Sobinin, Bobyl, Bomeliy ( The Tsar’s Bride ), Agafon, Prince Fool, Vagoa, Matuta, the first boyar, Almerik; Casspo.
G. Ugrinovich’s partners on stage were: M. Dolina, I. Ershov , M Kamenskaya, B. Mravina , E. Pavlovskaya , F. Stravinsky , F. Chaliapin , L. Yakovlev .
In 1894, he performed solo parts in the 4th d-moll symphony of L. Beethoven and the oratorio “Paradise and Peri” by Robert Schuman (on the plot of one of the parts of the “eastern” novel “ Lalla Rook ” by T. Moore ).
Literature
- Musical Encyclopedia . - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, Soviet composer. Ed. Yu. V. Keldysh. 1973-1982.
- G.P. Ugrinovich // Biryuch Petrograd State Theaters. 1918. No. 4, p. 48;
- Honoring G.P. Ugrinovich // Life of Art. 1918. November 19, S. 4;
- Stark E. (Siegfried). Petersburg opera and its masters. 1890-1910.— L .; M., 1940.S. 140.