Description

YULI MODESTOV (UKRAINE, BERDICHEV, 1874 (1870) – EKATERINBURG, 18 JANUARY, 1921)

 

 

 

 

His real surname was Bluvshtein. He studied singing under Camille Everardi and Ioakim Tartakov in Kiev. He appeared at the operatic stages in Kharkov (1903), Moscow (Zimin Opera 1904/1905), Zhytomyr (1906-1908), Rostov-on-Don (1907), Tbilisi (1907, 1910), St. Peterburg (National House 1908, 1912-1913), Samara (1909/1910), Vilnius (1910), Kharkov (1911/1912), Kiev (1912-1915) and Ekaterinburg (1915, 1919-1921). His best role was Figaro in G. Rossini’s ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’. His repertoire included Ruslan in ‘’Ruslan and Ludmila’’, Robert in ‘’Iolanta’’, Valentin in ‘’Faust’’, Escamilio in ‘’Carmen’’, Nelusko in ‘’L’Africana’’, Jago in ‘’Otello’’, Renato in ‘’Un Ballo in Maschera’’, Amonasro in ‘’Aida’’, Tonio in ‘’Pagliacci’’.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1903 Kharkov Opera

1904-1905 Moscow Zimin Opera

1906-1908 Zhytomyr Opera

1907 Rostov-on-Don Opera

1907 Tbilisi Opera

1908 St. Peterburg National House

1909-1910 Samara Opera

1910 Tbilisi Opera

1910 Vilnius Opera

1911-1912 Kharkov Opera

1912-1913 St. Peterburg National House

1912-1915 Kiev Opera

1915 Ekaterinburg Opera

1919-1921 Ekaterinburg Opera

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. A word of farewell (Slonova) X-2-62619 Zonophone, Vilna 09-1910
2. Carmen (Bizet) Votre toast X-2-62261 Zonophone, VIlna 04-07-1909
3. Demon (Rubinstein) I am he whose voice you heard X-2-62263 Zonophone, Vilna 04-07-1909
4. Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Alas, there is no doubt X-2-62357 Zonophone, Vilna 06-07-1909
5. In Venice (Gott) X-2-62574 Zonophone, Vilna 09-1910
6. Proshalnoe slovo, Op. 12 No 1. (Slonov) A word of farewell X-2-62619 1443ae Zonophone, -9-10
7. Reminiscence of Budapest (Vörö) X-2-62573 Zonophone, Vilna 09-1910
8. The Flies (Sobolevskaya) X-2-62637 Zonophone, Vilna 09-1910
9. The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) If only darling maidens (Chaikovsky) X-2-62492 14493b Zonophone, -3-10
10. The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Once in Versailles X-2-62262 Zonophone, Vilna 04-07-1909