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As Escamillo "Carmen" Bizet Joseph Schwarz 1880-1926 Latvian-German baritone, Studied with Adolf Robinson in Vienna. He made his debut at Linz in 1900 as Amonasro. Vienna Volksoper and later he became member of the Imperial Vienna Opera where he remained 1915 Left Vienna Opera and moved to Berlin In 1921Toured the United States, and was associated with the Civic Opera Company in Chicago and also i engaged at the Met. His repertory included roles such as Amfortas, Wanderer, Wolfram, Scarpia, Germont-père, Escamillo, Renato and Valentin.

Joseph Schwarz 1880-1926 Latvian-German baritone, Studied with Adolf Robinson in Vienna. He made his debut at Linz in 1900 as Amonasro. Vienna Volksoper and later he became member of the Imperial Vienna Opera where he remained 1915 Left Vienna Opera and moved to Berlin In 1921Toured the United States, and was associated with the Civic Opera Company in Chicago and also i engaged at the Met. His repertory included roles such as Amfortas, Wanderer, Wolfram, Scarpia, Germont-père, Escamillo, Renato and Valentin.

Joseph Schwarz 1880-1926 Latvian-German baritone, Studied with Adolf Robinson in Vienna. He made his debut at Linz in 1900 as Amonasro. Vienna Volksoper and later he became member of the Imperial Vienna Opera where he remained 1915 Left Vienna Opera and moved to Berlin In 1921Toured the United States, and was associated with the Civic Opera Company in Chicago and also i engaged at the Met. His repertory included roles such as Amfortas, Wanderer, Wolfram, Scarpia, Germont-père, Escamillo, Renato and Valentin.

as Fiamina in "Griseldis" by Massenet MARIE LAFARGUE 13th November 1871-1913 French Soprano Studied at the Paris Conservatory , Debut at Paris opera as Desdemona “Otello” 19/4/1895 and remained until 1899 and sang Aida in “Aida” by Verdi 1895 , Elizabeth in ‘Tannhauser” by Wagner 1895 , Valentine ‘Les Huguenots” by Meyerbeer 1895 and Donna Anna “Don Giovanni” by Mozart 1896,Created Juliane in “Renaud d’arles” by Desjoyeaux in Monte Carlo in 1900 , Sang Marguerite “Faust” at Sarah Bernhardt Theatre Paris in 1903 , Her debut at the Opera Comique on 4/6/1905 was as Carmen “Carmen” by Bizet , her roles at the Comique included Charlotte in “Werther” by Massenet , Santuzza in “‘Cavalleria Rusticana” by Mascagni , Tosca in “Tosca” by Verdi , Guiletta in “Tales of Hoffman” by Offenbach and Anita in ‘La Navarraise ‘ by Massenet. She toured provincial France , Belguim , Buenos Aires and Cairo

Joachim Tartakov 1860-1923 Russian Baritone Studied St Petersburg Conservatory with Camille Everard. Graduated from the Conservatory in 1881 and joined the Odessa Opera Company as first baritone that same year. There he made his debut in 1882 as Rigoletto in "Rigoletto" by Verdi’s. Then from 1882 he sang in provincial opera houses. and travelled to Italy for 2 seasons.Upon his return he was engaged at the Marinsky Theatreas principal baritone .He also sang in Berlin, Copenhagen, and other European cities. He performed Tchaikovsky’s art songs in concert. .From 1900 he was the Director of the Marinsky and 1920 to 1923 he was a professor at the Petrograd Conservatory. His roles included Rigoletto in "Rigoletto" by Verdi , Tonio in "I Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo ,Germont in "La Traviatta" by Verdi , Onegin in "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky , Demon in "Demon" by Rubinstein and many others

as Rosina ' Barber of Saville" Rossini Olympia Boronat 1867-1934 Italian Soprano Debut in Naples 1885 . Sang in most of the leading theatres in Italy including San Carlo, and Teatro Bellini Catania<She travelled to Spain , Portugasl ,South America and Russia , Her roles included Margurite "Faust" , Ophelia "Hamlet", elvira " Puritani ", Juliette , Violetta and Gilda "Rigoletto" After her retirement, Boronat founded a singing school in Warsaw

as Arturo in "I Puriani" Francesco Marconi 1853-1916 Italian Tenor Studied with Ottavio Bartolini and later Venceslao Persichini ., Debut 1878 at Madrid as Faust .By 1880 he was at La Scala Milan , 1883-84 at Covent Garden 1888 New York .He was a regular visitor to Russia and Poland .His roles included Arturo . Enzo, Don Ottavio , Don Jose , Elvino , Radames and Lohengrin

Maria Gay (Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés) 1879-1943 Catalan Mezzo Soprano She was a singing pupil of soprano Ada Adini. Debut 1902 in the title role of Carmen in Brussels. 1906, Debut at Milan's La Scala,where she met tenor Giovanni Zenatello. Gay and Zenatello would live together the rest of their lives,1908, she made her debut in Carmen for the Met in New York City opposite Geraldine Farrar as Micaela. In 1910 she performed the same role with the Boston Opera Company as Carmen. Gay and Zenatello worked to find, help train, and promote promising young singers

Maria Gay (Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés) 1879-1943 Catalan Mezzo Soprano She was a singing pupil of soprano Ada Adini. Debut 1902 in the title role of Carmen in Brussels. 1906, Debut at Milan's La Scala,where she met tenor Giovanni Zenatello. Gay and Zenatello would live together the rest of their lives,1908, she made her debut in Carmen for the Met in New York City opposite Geraldine Farrar as Micaela. In 1910 she performed the same role with the Boston Opera Company as Carmen. Gay and Zenatello worked to find, help train, and promote promising young singers

as Fiamina in "Griseldis" by Massenet , Creator role at Opera Comique 20/11/1901 Jeanne Louise Tiphaine 1873-1958 French Soprano Debut 1894 as Isabelle “Le pre-aux-Clercs” by Herold . Sang at the Opera Comique Paris creating many roles Lycenion in “‘ Daphnis er Chloe “ by Bussier in 1897 , Noemie in “Cendrillon” by Massenet in 1899 , Irma in “Louise” by Charpentier in 1900 , Fiamin in “Griseldis” by Massenet and Nicole in “la Fille de Tabarin” by Pierne in 1901 , Claudine in “la Petite Maison” by Chaumet and Pantasiler in “la reine Fiammette” by leroux in 1903 , Pauline in “l’enfant roi” by Rabaud in 1905 . iris in “la revanche d’Iris” by Diet in 1906 . the mother in “la forest bleue” by Aubert in 1911 , Fatouma in “Marouf” by Rabaud in 1914 , Luce in “la poeme du Soir” by Chevallier in 1925 , Intendante in “ Bon roi Dagobert “ by Rousseau in 1927 and Madam Sottonville in “George Dandin ‘ by d’Ollone in 1930 . Her other roles included at the Comique Fransquitta in “Carmen” by Bizet , Reinette in “ et la Violomax” by Offenbach , Gretel in “Hansel and Gretel “ by Humperdinck , Philine ‘Mignon” by Thomas . Mussetta in “la Boheme” by Puccini , Zitta in ‘Gianni Schicchi” Puccini .

Lillian Grenville 1888-1928 American Soprano Studied with Algier, Rossi, Aramis and Sebastiani . Debut as Juliette in "Romeo & Juliette" by Gounod . Sang Paris , Nice New York & Chicago , Created Octavie "Cleopatra" by Massenet 1911 , Barbara "Natoma" by Herbert 1911 and Salud "La Vida Breve" by de falla 1913

as Vanya ' "A life of the Tsar" by Glika Eugenia Zbrujeva 1869-1936 Russian Contralto Studied Moscow Conservatory wit Lavrovskaya.Debut 1894 at Imperial opera as Vanya ' "A life of the Tsar" by Glinka . Remained with the company until 1905 . Went to the Marinsky where she remained . Her roles included Caremen , Siebel , Hansel, Lehar , Ratmir ., Ann Boleyn ,Avra and Martha . From 1915 she taught singing at Petrograd Conservatorium , She sang in Paris , Berlin and other european cities

Eugenia Zbrujeva 1869-1936 Russian Contralto Studied Moscow Conservatory wit Lavrovskaya.Debut 1894 at Imperial opera as Vanya ' "A life of the Tsar" by Glinka . Remained with the company until 1905 . Went to the Marinsky where she remained . Her roles included Caremen , Siebel , Hansel, Lehar , Ratmir ., Ann Boleyn ,Avra and Martha . From 1915 she taught singing at Petrograd Conservatorium , She sang in Paris , Berlin and other european cities

Maria Michailova 1864- Russian Soprano Commenced her studies in Kharkov and went to St Petersburg , Paris & Milan. Debut 1892 at Marinsky as Queen "les Huguenots" . Sang in the premiere of "Iolanthe" by Tchaikovsky , She remained at the Marinsky for her whole career. Retired from the stage in 1912 after a farewell performance as Antonida in "A life of the Tsar" by Glinka

Ada Sari (Jadwiga Szayer) 1886-1968 Polish Soprano In 1905 she was admitted to a private music school in Vienna operated by Countess Pizzamano. From 1907 to 1909 she studied in Milan with Antonio Rupnick.opera debut in 1909 as Marguerite in Charles Gounod's Faust at the Teatro Nazionale in Rome. She spent the next three years appearing at major opera houses in Italy like La Scala, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, La Fenice and the Teatro della Pergola. Between 1912 and 1914 she had major successes at the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, the Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo, the Teatro Dal Verme, the Teatro Regio di Parma, the Teatro del Giglio, the opera house in Brescia and the Teatro di San Carlo. At the later house she was a much admired Berthe in Giacomo Meyerbeer's Le prophète and Arsena in The Gypsy Baron. She also sang Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci under the batons of their respective composers in Alexandria.

Anny Hindermann 1872- German Soprano She began her stage career in 1895 at the City Theater of Aachen, to which she belonged until 1898. From 1898-1901 she worked at the Stadttheater of Magdeburg and worked in the years 1901-12 at the Stadttheater (Opera House) of Hamburg. In the years 1899 to 1912 she performed regularly at the Berlin Court Opera, 1900 at the Court Opera of Dresden, 1904 at the Court Theater Schwerin and 1900 at the Opera House in Leipzig. In Amsterdam, she appeared in a guest performance as Konstanze in the 'Abduction from the Seraglio'. Her repertoire included mostly coloratura parts such as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Rosina in the Barber of Seville, Marie in Donizrtti's Regimental Daughter, Gilda in Rigoletto, Traviata , the page Oscar in Verdi's' Masked Ball ', the Queen Marguerite as the page Urbain in Meyerbeer's' Huguenots', the Philine in' Mignon 'by A.Thomas, the Rose Friquet in the' bell of the hermit 'of Maillart, the Elvira in' La Muette de Portici 'by Auber and the wife Fluth in the' Merry Wives of Windsor 'by Nicolai; However, she also took on heavier games such as the Chrysothemis in 'Elektra' by Richard Strauss. In 1907 she sang in Hamburg in the world premiere of the opera 'Tragaldabas' by Eugen d'Albert

Klavdila Tugarinova 1877- Russian Contralto Sang at Marinsky between 1902-1917 . There is no record of her ever appearing outside of Russia . Her roles included Vanya 'A life for the Tsar" Glinka , Siebel & Feodor "Boris Godonouv" , Olga "Eugene Onegin" and the Countess in "Queen of Spades"

as Hans Sachs" Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg " by Wagner Walter Soomer 1878-1955 German Bass Studied with Stoeckert and Anna Uhlig in Berlin.Debut in 1902 at the Stadttheater in Colmar. After the First World War, he started to appear as bass, again with success, as an interpreter of the part in R. Wagner's operas.