Nicolai Shevlev

as Demon in "The Demon" by Rubenstein

Nicolai Shevlev
(Nicolai Shevelyukhin)
1874-1929
Russian Baritone
Studied with Zanetti in St Petersburg later he studied with baritone Antonio Cotogni. and from 1889 to 1896 with Leopoldo Signoretti. In 1901 he also took lessons from Pauline Viardot- then in Tbilisi he studied also with Eugene Ryadnov. He began in 1880 in the chorus . In 1896 he was at the Moscow Private Opera Theatre of S. Mamontov making his debut in ‘’Snow maiden’’ by Rimsky-Korsakov. He remained here until 1901 and again from 1903 to 1905. 1906 to 1908 he appeared in St. Petersburg, from 1908 to 1913 from 1913 to 1919 he sang in Moscow, at National House of St. Petersburg, 1919 to 1922 he was a soloist of the Tbilisi Opera Theatre. 1922-1924 at Zimin’s Opera Theatre.He made guests appearances in Perm. Kiev, Nizhny and Novgorod and toured the provincial theatres He also sang in Italy, Germany, Japan, China, Austria and in North and South America.