Lev Sibiriakov Autographed

as Mephistopheles "Faust" Gounod

Lev Sibiryakov
(Spivak Leib)
1869-1938
Ukranian Bass

Studied with Fiorini in Odessa and Italy with Rossi. Opera debut in Odessa. Italian debut In 1895 Sibiryakov made his italian debut. Appearing at La Scala in Milan 1897 - 1900. Sang at (Teatro San Carlo, Naples). Later he appeared in Tbilisi, Kharkov, Kiev and Baku. 1902- 1904 1909 -1921soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. 1902- 1903 he also sang at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Guest appearances followed in Riga , Boston , London (Covent Garden, Berlin , Paris , Brussels , Monte Carlo. 1921 taught at the Warsaw Conservatory