Description

ELENA KATULSKAYA (ODESSA, 2 JUNE, 1888 – MOSCOW, 20 NOVEMBER, 1966)

A lyric-coloratura soprano who sang both in opera and in concert, she was born in 1888 in Odessa, where she began her musical studies. By 1905, she was teaching and studying in St Petersburg, where she worked with Ippolit Prjanishnikov. From 1907 to 1909, she studied at the local Conservatory with Mme Iretskaja. She made her debut at the Conservatory Theatre as Mrs Ford (Nikolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor), following which she sang from 1909 to 1913 at the Mariinsky Theatre and from 1913 to 1946 at the Bolshoi in Moscow, where she had first sung as guest in 1911. From 1948, she taught at the Moscow Conservatory. As a writer, she published essays on the opera and edited a collection of vocal literature. She died in 1966.

Chronology of some appearances

1909-1913 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

1913-1946 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

TRACKLIST

1. A Little Rose in a Field (Schubert), romance Gramplasttrest 10270
2. A May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov) How relieved I am with Vasili Damaev Gramophone 024092
3. A Small Ring (Chopin) Moscow – All-Union Radio 468
4. A Little Hare; b) A Squirrel (Cui) Gramplasttrest 10271
5. How fair is this spot; b) Little bird (Rachmaninoff, Grechaninov) Gramophone 2-23761
6. The sun. b)The portrait (Myaskovsky), romances Gramplasttrest 8341
7. Awakening (Weckerlin), romance Gramplastrest 18101
8. By a Stream (Schubert), song Gramplastrest 8304
9. Coming soon (Dunaevsky), song Gramplasttrest 15600
10. Coppelia (Delibes) Waltz Gramplasttrest 3666
11. Desire (Cui), romance Gramplastrest 4987
12. Do Not Ask Why (Dargomyzhsky), romance Gramplastrest 4991
13. Faust (Gounod) Church scene – Seigneur, daignez permettre with Lev Sibiryakov Gramophone 024074
14. Flower (Viardot), romance Gramplastrest 4988
15. Fountain of the Bakhchisarai Palace (Gurilev), romance Gramplasttrest 4989
16. I Love You romance (Grieg) Gramophone 2-23777
17. I understand very clearly (Bulahov), romance-waltz Gramplasttrest 12658
18. If I Knew (Tchaikovsky), romance Gramplasttrest 10302
19. In wood (Grieg), song Gramplastrest 7502
20. L’africaine (Meyerbeer) Lullaby Gramplastrest 18101
21. Lakme (Delibes) Pourquoi dans les grands bois MuzTrust 2835
22. Mad Nights (Apukhtin), romance Gramplasttrest 12898