Nina Koshetz

Nina Koshetz
1891-1965
Russian Soprano
Debut 1913 as Tatyana ‘EugeneOnegin” by Tchaikovsky with Zimin’s Opera Company and remained a principal for the rest of her Russian career until 1919.She toured the provinces as a soloist with Koussevitsky’s Orchestra.After the revolution she fled Russia and guested at Chicago opera singing mainly in Russian works , she sang in France , Argentina, USA ,Scandinavia and the Baltic States.She created Fata in “L’Amour de trios Oranges “ by Prkofiev at Chicago in 1921 . Her roles included Nedda ‘Pagliacci” Leoncavallo , Tamara ‘The Demon” Rubenstein,Rachel “La Juive” Halevy , Marina ‘Boris Godounov” Moussosky and Germaine “Les Clochesde de Cornville” Planquette