Description

NATALYA ERMOLENKO-YUZHINA (KIEV, 1881 – PARIS, 1937)

 

 

 

 

Her real surname was Plugovskaya. She was a wife of the great Russian tenor David Yuzhin. She studied with M. Zotova in Kiev (1897—1901), then she studied in St. Petersburg and later in Paris with M. Vidal and in Italy. In 1900 she made her debut in St. Petersburg Private opera. From 1901—06, 1910—13 and from 1915 up to the 1920s she was a soloist of the St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre. From 1906—08 and in 1913, 1916, 1919 she appeared in Moscow Bolshoi Theatre, from 1908—10 Ermolenko-Yuzhina sang in S. Zimin’s Opera Theatre. She guested in Odessa (1904), Tbilisi, Baku, Kazan (1905), Rostov-on-Don (1906), La Scala (1906 nd 1907; with David Yuzhin), Paris (Grand Opera House, 1907 и 1912), where she appeared in Wagner repertoire. In 1908 she appeared in the first Sergei Dyagiev’s famous ‘’Russian seasons’’ as Maria Mnishek in ‘’Boris Godunov’’. Ermolenko-Yuzhina also appeared in South America (1907), Brussels (1910). Since 1917 she sang at the Covent Garden, London. From 1921-22 she appeared in Italy, Germany and Spain (Barcelona). Next year she sang in France, America and Russia. Since 1924 Ermolenko-Yuzhina lived in Paris, where she appeared in Grand Opera House.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1900 St. Petersburg Private Opera

1901-1906 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

1906-1908 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

1908-1910 S. Zimin’s Opera Theatre

1910-1913 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

1913 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

1915-1920s St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

1916 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

1919 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Mignon (Thomas) Connais-tu le pays 2-23608 16125b Gramophone

Night was flying (Grodsky) (w. Yuzhin) 2-24026 7195L Gramophone, Moscow 1908

Norma (Bellini) Ah! Bello a me ritorna 023059 1936c Gramophone

Oprichnik (Tchaikovsky) Little nightingale 023090 2520c Gramophone

Prince Igor (Borodin) How dreary is everything 2-23486 14200b Gramophone

Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Ah! I’m weary 2-23313 7200L Gramophone, Moscow 1908

Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Ah, I am weary X-63255 527 Zonophone, St. Petersburg 1903

Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Whence these tears X-63254 523 Zonophone, St. Petersburg 1903

Rogneda (Serov) The blue sea moaned 2-23310 7191L Gramophone

Ruslan and Ludmila (Glinka) O my Ratmir! 2-23416 8661L Gramophone

Russalka (Dargomyzhsky) Through the rushes 2-23494 14199b Gramophone

Tannhauser (Wagner) Allmacht’ge Jungfrau, hoer’ mein Flehen 2-23475 7057r Gramophone

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Dich, teure Halle 2-23458 7056r Gramophone

The Fair at Sorochyntsi (Mussorgsky) Parassia’s daydream 023048 1949c Gramophone

Trovatore (Verdi) Tacea la notte (Verdi) 2-23607 16124b Gramophone

Ugonotti (Meyerbeer) Tu l’as dit (w. Yuzhin) 2-24024 7190L Gramophone, Moscow 1908