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Vladamir Trubin 1861-1930 Russian Bass-baritone

as Mephistophele in "Faust" by Gounod Vladamir Trubin 1861-1930 Russian Bass-baritone

Vladamir Trubin 1861-1930 Russian Bass-baritone

Henrie Sellier as Paulo & Caroline Salla as Francesca in "Francoise di Rimini" Thomas CREATOR ROLES CAROLINE SALLA (Caroline Louise de Septavaux ) 1852- ??? French Soprano Daughter of a former Secretary of GuizotIn 1874-1875 she had an engagement at the Monnaie Opera in Brussels, in 1876 at the Théâtre Gaîté in Paris and in 1877 she was engaged by the Mapleson Opera Company and performed e.g. in Dublin. In 1877 she created the rôle of Hélène in “Le timbre d’argent” by Saint-Saëns. In 1878 she was heard at the Hofoper in Vienna and in 1882 she made her debut at the Grand Opera Paris creating the role of Francesca in the première of “Françoise de Rimini” by Ambroise Thomas. In 1886 she sang at the Opéra-Comique where in 1887 she created the rôle of Proserpine in the première of the eponymous opera by Saint-Saëns. Around the year 1890 she retired from the stage because of her marriage HENRY SELLIER (François Alfred Alexander Sellier) (26 March 1849 - 26 June 1899). As a young man of very poor ancestry he came to Paris looking for work. When he worked as an errand boy for a merchant his voice was discovered and with financial help he was able to study at the Conservatoire National de Paris. In 1876 he finished his vocal studies by winning the "Prix du Conservatoire". After that he was immediately engaged by the Grand-Opéra, where in 1878 he made his debut as Arnold in Rossini's "Guillaume Tell". Here he created the role of Manoël at the première in Gounod's "Le Tribut de Zamora" (1881) and the role of Paolo at the première of "Françoise de Rimini" by Ambroise Thomas (1882). He was widely admired for the balanced beauty of his tenor voice and the dramatic force of his performance. After a hunting accident he ended his career at the Grand-Opéra in 1888. The season 1889/90 he was engaged at Brussels at "The Théâtre de la Monnaie" , where he created the role of Mathô at the première of Ernest Reyer's opera "Salammbô". The season 1890/91 he was engaged at the Opéra of Marseille and the following years he was engaged by various French provincial theaters.

as Count de Nevers in "Les Huguenots" by Meyerbeer JEAN-LOUIS LASALLE -Baritone (.Lyon, December 10, 1845 or 14 February 1847 - September 07, 1909). Father of Robert Lassalle tenor. Student at Paris Concervatoire and later a pupil of Novelli.He made his first appearance on stage as St Bris in "Les Huguenot's" at Liege in 1868. During the next 4 years he sang at Lille , Toulouse , Brussels and the Hague . Debuted at the Opera on 09 June 1872 , as Nelusko "L'Africane". There he took part in many world premieres as Scindia in Massenet's "La Roi De Lahore" 1877 , Severe in Gounod's "Polyeucte" 1878 ,Ben Said in Gounod's "Le Tribute de Zamora ' 1880 ,Malatesta in Thomas's 'Francoise de Rimini" 1880 , and in 1183 the title role of Saint Saens "Henry VIII". He sang at Covent Garden 1879 , 1880 and 1881 and again between 1883-1891.In 1891 he made his Metropolitan Debut as Nelusko in Meyerbeer's "L'Africane". He sang Carmen (Escamillo) at the Opéra-Comique on December 11, 1890, for the erection of the monument to the memory of Bizet.

Zelo Duran (Zeloide Durand) Soprano Married to the painter Hugues. She was member of the troupe lyrique du Château-d'Eau when she was engaged for three years to the Opera Comique in July 1881 by Leoncarvalho where she created on the 28 December, 1881 Tilby in “Les Pantins” by Georges Hue . She was singing at Folie Dramatiques Paris by 1890.Creating Petrita in “Juanita” by Franz von Suppe on 4 April 1891 , Hermine in “La fille de Fanchon la Vielleuse” by Louis Varney on 3 November 1891 and Tusini in “La Cocarde Tricolore” by Robert Planquette on 12 February 1892

Elena Nestorovna Khrennikova 1878-1941 Russian Soprano

Elena Nestorovna Khrennikova 1878-1941 Russian Soprano

Elena Nestorovna Khrennikova 1878-1941 Russian Soprano

Vassili Sharonov 1867-1929 Russian Bass-Baritone Studied at St Petersburg with Palecheck and in Italy with Scolier.He was principal bass-baritone at the Mariinsky from 1895-1927 .He travelled to Paris and London in the 1908-1910 seasons of Russian opera.

Vassili Sharonov 1867-1929 Russian Bass-Baritone Studied at St Petersburg with Palecheck and in Italy with Scolier.He was principal bass-baritone at the Mariinsky from 1895-1927 .He travelled to Paris and London in the 1908-1910 seasons of Russian opera.

as Epicharis in "Neron" by Rubinstein Alexandra Makarova 1870-???? Russian Mezzo Studied singing at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under Prianishnikov . Debut at Saint Petersburg . She sang at Bolshoi Theatre Moscow , Kharkov and St. Petersburg (Private Opera. ,Russian-Italian Private Opera) .Mariinski Theater and other major theatres between 1892-1910 . She made guest appearances at Baku (1911), New York (1909), and Paris (Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt. 1911).

Haitri Zakhaiovich Goryainov

Ivan Grizounov 1879-1919 Russian Baritone Most of his career was spent in Moscow.He was a principal at the Bolshoi from 1903-1915 except for one season spent with Zimin’s private opera .He does not seem to have ventured out of Russia

Ivan Grizounov 1879-1919 Russian Baritone Most of his career was spent in Moscow.He was a principal at the Bolshoi from 1903-1915 except for one season spent with Zimin’s private opera .He does not seem to have ventured out of Russia

as Herman in "Pique Dame" by Tchaikovsky Gavril Morskai (Heinrich Janchevetski) 1862-1914 Russian Tenor Studied in St Petersburg with Everardi , Gabel and Pelechek.Debut 1889 Odessa where he remained for the next two seasons , and then moved to Kiev opera until 1895.He was singing at the Mariinsky from 1895-1906,Roles included Rhadames “Aida” Verdi, Don Jose “Carmen” Bizet, Lenski ‘Eugene Onegin” Tchaikovsky, Samson ‘Samson Et Delilah” Saint-seans , Vodemon “Iolanta” Tchaikovsky and Sobinin ‘Ivan Susanin” Glinka

Gavril Morskai (Heinrich Janchevetski) 1862-1914 Russian Tenor Studied in St Petersburg with Everardi , Gabel and Pelechek.Debut 1889 Odessa where he remained for the next two seasons , and then moved to Kiev opera until 1895.He was singing at the Mariinsky from 1895-1906,Roles included Rhadames “Aida” Verdi, Don Jose “Carmen” Bizet, Lenski ‘Eugene Onegin” Tchaikovsky, Samson ‘Samson Et Delilah” Saint-seans , Vodemon “Iolanta” Tchaikovsky and Sobinin ‘Ivan Susanin” Glinka

as Don Jose "Carmen" by Bizet Vasily Sevastyanov 1875-1929 Russian Tenor Studied in Milan with Rossi and Vidal.He sang at Kharkov and Kiev from 1899-1900.From 1901 he was at the Bolshoi and guested at the Mariinsky for the 1910-11 season.He toured Russia,Eastern Siberia and Japan.In 1911 he was the stage manager at the National Opera St Petersburg and also worked at Lagreb, Ljublana and Bucharest.Roles included Werther ‘Werther” Massenet and Lenski ‘Eugene Onegin” Tchaikovsky.