Description

VERA DE LUCE (VERA DE LUTZE) (LUBLIN, 27 APRIL, 1879 – MOSCOW, 4 OCTOBER, 1977)

 

 

 

 

She was born in Lublin, near Warsaw. She studied with her mother, the opera singer Sofia Konarskaya. In 1902, she made her opera debut in Warsaw with great success. In the following years, she made guest appearances not only in Warsaw but also in Italy, performing under the name Vera de Luza.

In 1907, she was engaged by S. Zimin’s private opera house in Moscow, where she debuted in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. She performed at this opera house until 1913 and subsequently gave guest performances at various opera houses across Russia, particularly in Odessa and Kharkov.

Her extensive repertoire included leading roles such as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, Mimì in La Bohème, and Antonida in Glinka’s A Life for the Tsar. She retired from the stage in 1918.

In 1934, she began teaching at the Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1907-1913 S. Zimin’s Private Opera House

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Aria and Variations (Proch) (It) X-63954 Zonophone, St Petersburg 1907
2. Chopin (Orefice) Kolysanka (w. Enzo Leliva) 39118 XPh 79 Fonotipia, Milano 1904-11
3. Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Cavatina di Norina 86120 Pathé, Milano 1906
4. Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Aria della regina 86121 Pathé, Milano 1906
5. Huguenots (Meyerbeer) O lieti suol 86119 Pathé, Milano 1906
6. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Quando rapita 86124 Pathé, Milano 1906
7. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Regnava nel silenzio 86123 Pathé, Milano 1906
8. Rigoletto (Verdi) Caro nome 86125 Pathé, Milano 1906
9. Variazioni (Proch) 86116 Pathé, Milano 1906
10. Zauberflöte (Mozart) Der Hölle Rache X-63953 Zonophone, St Petersburg 1907