Description

MARIA MICHAILOVA (MIKHAILOVA) (KHARKOV, 22 MAY/3 JUNE, 1864 – PERM, 18 JANUARY, 1943)

Her mother’s surname was van Puteren, and she was of Dutch ancestry. She studied for three years in St. Petersburg with Z. P. Grenning-Vilde, then approximately four years in Milan with S. Ronconi, and in Paris with Saint-Yves-Bax and De-Laborde.

From 1892 to 1912, she was a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, where she made her debut as Margherita in Gli Ugonotti by G. Meyerbeer. During her career, she also performed in Orel, Tambov, Odessa, the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre (1902), Vladivostok (1903), Kharkov, and various cities in Siberia (1909). She made guest appearances in Prague (1903), Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Austria, and Japan.

She possessed a flexible, well-processed voice with a “silvery” timbre and a wide range. She also had a notable coloratura and an attractive stage presence.

Chronology of some appearances

1892-1912 St. Petersburg Mariinksy Theatre

1902 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

1903 Vladivostok Opera House

 TRACKLIST

1. a) The little birch splinter; b) Shall I go, little girl Gramophone 2-43152 6330L
2. Ave Maria (Gounod) (violin Gamoveckaja) G&T 23477 2850L
3. Be silent, rye (Gurilev) (w. Tugarinova) G&T 24383, 2878L
4. Boheme (Puccini) Quando m’en vo G&T 23116x 2139L
5. Chant hindou (Brahma, dieu des croyants) (Bemberg) Gramophone 2-23440 6711r
6. song (Tchaikovsky) G&T 23169 273z
7. Crucifix (Faure) (w. Orlov) G&T 24088 354z
8. Darling girl (Dargomijsky) Gramophone 2-23204, 6327L
9. Demon (Rubinstein) Sweet friends G&T 2-23340 7838L
10. Demon (Rubinstein) The night is calm G&T 2-23064 1148r
11. Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Ombre legere Gramophone 2-43122 2912L
12. Dubrovskij (Napravnik) Ne jamais la voir ni l’entendre (w. Bolshakov) Gramophone 24496 6461L
13. Elegie (Massenet) (violin Gamoveckaja) Gramophone 23456, 2865L
14. Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Did you hear (w. Tugarinova) Gramophone 24382 2817L
15. Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Do not send me away (w. Sokolskij) Gramophone 24484 6303L
16. Faust (Gounod) Ah! je ris de me voir si belle Gramophone 2-43143 1142r
17. Faust (Gounod) Diqu! quelle est cette voix (w. Veprinskij) Gramophone 24490 6400L
18. Faust (Gounod) Eternelle… eternelle (w. Davydov) Gramophone 24487 6315L
19. Faust (Gounod) Il m’aime Gramophone 2-23217 6313L
20. Faust (Gounod) Il se fait tard (w. Davydov) Gramophone 24486 6314L
21. Faust (Gounod) Seigneur, daignez permettre (w. Veprinskij & chorus) G&T 2-24001 6399L
22. Freischutz (Weber) Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen Gramophone 23493 2906L
23. Freischutz (Weber) Leise, leise Gramophone 23497 2933L
24. Harold (Napravnik) Hush thee, dear one, slumber well G&T 2-43131 2825L
25. Huguenots (Meyerbeer) O beau pays G&T 23143 461x