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ADELAIDE ANDREYEVA VON SKILONDZ (ALSO ANDREJEWA DE SKILONDZ; SAINT PETERSBURG, 27 JANUARY [O.S. 15 JANUARY], 1882 – STOCKHOLM, 5 APRIL, 1969)

 

 

 

 

She was educated at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and made her debut in 1904 at the Court Opera (Mariinsky Theater) in St. Petersburg. She quickly gained recognition and, in 1909, achieved particular success in the premiere of The Golden Cockerel by Rimsky-Korsakov, performing the role of the Queen of Shemakha. In 1910, she was engaged at the Court Opera in Berlin as Frieda Hempel’s successor, where she remained until 1914. Her repertoire there included roles such as the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Gilda in Rigoletto, Violetta in La Traviata, Elvira in La Muette de Portici by Auber, and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.

When World War I broke out in 1914, she moved to Stockholm, where she became the leading coloratura soprano at the Royal Opera, performing all her roles in Swedish until 1920. Afterward, she continued to give guest performances until 1925, and from then until 1930, she focused on concert and oratorio performances, appearing in Sweden, Belgium, Holland, London, and New York. In recognition of her contributions, she received the Swedish order Litteris et Artibus in 1917 and became a member of the Swedish Music Academy in 1930.

Following her performance career, she lived in Stockholm as a highly esteemed vocal teacher. Among her notable students were internationally recognized artists such as Kim Borg, Isa Quensel, Eva Prytz, Kerstin Meyer, Elisabeth Söderström, Stina-Britta Melander, Carl-Axel Hallgren, and Inga Sundström.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss) Ach, wir sind es eingewöhnet (w. Arndt-Ober & Engell) 044235 356al Gramophone, Berlin 1913-03-31

Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss) Grossmächtige Prinzessin, pt 1, pt 2 043221, 043222, 330al, 332al Gramophone, Berlin 1913-03-06

Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss) Ouvertüre… Du, Venus Sohn 043225 369al Gramophone, Berlin 1913-04-04

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Pagenarie 2-43431 13144r Gramophone, Berlin 1913-10-10

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Also ich Meinst du es wirklich (w. Habich) 044239 266al Gramophone, Berlin 1912-10-02

Bohème (Puccini) Walzer der Musette P1383 2-1383 Parlophon, Berlin 1913

Det är så underliga ställen (Hebbe) S4020 1433at Polyphon, Stockholm 1924-05

Don Giovanni (Mozart) Reich’ mir die Hand (w. Habich) 3-44103 1575ak Gramophone, Berlin 1912-10-02

Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Ihr liebet den Gesang (w. Habich & chorus) 044238 270al Gramophone, Berlin 1912-10-03

Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Onegin, I was younger then (w. Sokolsky) 024021 296m G&T, St Petersburg 1907

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Pagenarie 043233 371al Gramophone, Berlin 1913-04-04

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Pagenarie 54915 Pathé, Berlin 1912

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Pagen-Arie P1384 2-1384 Parlophon, Berlin 1913

La Villanelle (dell’Acqua) P1648 2-1648 Parlophon, Berlin 1913

Lakmé (Delibes) Glöckchen-Arie P1649 2-1649-2 Parlophon, Berlin 1913

Lakmé (Delibes) Klocksången X2554 (7-283319) Bk2384-1T1 HMV, Stockholm 1927-10-03

Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai) Du reisend, holdes Schätzlein 55776 Pathé, Berlin 1913