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ALEXANDER BRAGIN (KIEV PROVINCE, 25, 6 (15) or 3 (15) OCTOBER, 1881 – MOSCOW, 23 NOVEMBER, 1955)

 

 

 

 

The singer’s real surname was Braginsky. He initially studied singing privately with Mikhail Medvedev and then, from 1896 to 1901, at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under S. Gabel and I. Tartakov. He also pursued additional studies abroad between 1904 and 1913.

Braginsky made his debut in 1900 at the National Opera House of Ukraine as Valentin in Gounod’s Faust. From 1905 to 1908, he was a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, and during the 1908-1909 season, he performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. He returned to the Mariinsky Theatre from 1909 to 1911. From 1911 to 1915, he performed in operettas in St. Petersburg while continuing to make guest appearances in various Russian cities starting in 1914.

In the 1922-1923 season, Braginsky sang in Berlin and, from 1924 to 1928, performed at different opera houses in Germany. From 1930 onward, he dedicated himself to teaching, working in Odessa, Moscow, Frunze, Kiev, Tashkent, and Baku.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1900 Kiev National Opera house of Ukraine

1905- 1908 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

1908-1909 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

1909-1911 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

1911-1915 St. Petersburg operetta

1922-1923 Berlin Opera House

1924-1928 Germany Opera Houses

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Carmen (Bizet) Votre toast 4345 4345 Homocord, St. Petersburg 12-06-1908

Christ is risen Op 26 No 6 (Rachmaninoff) 12238 12238 Stella

Come to me, Romance 6745 Beka, St. Petersburg 1905

Demon (Rubinstein) Arie B. 8405 M50585 Homokord

Demon (Rubinstein) Do not weep, child 6744 6744 Beka, St. Petersburg 1905

Demon (Rubinstein) Do not weep, child 12240 12240 Stella

Demon (Rubinstein) Don’t Cry, Child 62382 B 2030 Gramophone

Demon (Rubinstein) Duet Angela and the Demon – Restless spirit (w. Petrenko) 2-24133 14964 G&T, 11-10-10

Demon (Rubinstein) Duet Angela-Demon – Do not swear, but love me (w. Petrenko) G&T 024051 2056c 11-10-10

Demon (Rubinstein) I am he whose voice you heard 12244 12244 Stella

Demon (Rubinstein) On the Ocean of the Air 12245 12245 Stella

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Arie B. 8405 M50586 Homokord

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Really, is it the same, Tatiana… Alas, there is no doubt 4375 4375 Homocord

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Really, is it the same, Tatiana… Alas, there is no doubt 12236 12236 Stella

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Should I decide on domesticity 4374 4374 Homocord

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Should I decide on domesticity 6738 6738 Beka, St. Petersburg 1905

Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, messieurs (w. Vitting & Sibiryakov) 024040 2036c Gramophone, 23-9-10

Legend (The child Christ had a garden) Op. 54 No. 5 (Tchaikovsky) 2-22682 2062L G&T, St. Petersburg 1904

Mountain Peaks (Rubinstein) (w. Bolshakov) 4359 Homocord, 1908

My dawn-lit, ruined road. Soldier’s song from the Zvenigorodskiy district (arr. V Harteveld) 4-22212 149127b Gramophone, St. Petersburg 24-10-1910

On the hills of Manchuria (Shatrov) 10340 10340 Syrena, St. Petersburg 01-1911

Over the Steppe, Op.5 (Grechaninov) 62382 B 2033 Gramophone

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue 4343 4343 Homocord, St. Petersburg 12-06-1908

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue 12235 12235 Stella

Prince Igor (Borodin) Song of Vladimir Galitsky 6747 Scala, St. Petersburg 1906

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) Let me enjoy a cruel revenge (w. Petrenko) 2-24134 14965 G&T, 11-10-10

She laughed (Lishin) 2426 2426 RAOG

Soldiers of the Finnish Regiment, you won the fame – Song of the Finnish Garde-Reiter-Regiment, 1812 (arr. Harteveld) 4-22217 1798a Gramophone, St. Petersburg

The Ballad of Women 2425 2425 RAOG

The little bird sang and sang (Rubinstein) (w. Bolshakov) 4358 Homocord, 1908

The magical sounds sadly fell silent (Rick) 13557 13557 Stella

The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) I love you 12243 12243 Stella

The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) If only darling maidens 2433 2433 RAOG

The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) If only darling maidens 14066 14066 Poliaphone, St. Petersburg

The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Once in Versailles (Three cards) 14064 Poliaphone, St. Petersburg

The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Once in Versailles (Three cards) Three cards 12237 Stella

The sinking of the Titanic 13570 13570 Syrena

Traviata (Verdi) Dite alla giovine, Part 1 (w. Michailova) 024047 2044c Gramophone, 27-9-10

Traviata (Verdi) Imponete, Part 2 (w. Michailova) 024049 2052c Gramophone, 27-9-10

You picked up a flower (Bleichman) 12246 12246 Stella