Description

ALEXANDER MATVEEV (MOSCOW, 11 (23) AUGUST, 1876 – MOSCOW, 3 DECEMBER, 1961)

 

 

 

 

He studied singing under F. Andrievsky in Moscow and S. Gabel in St. Petersburg. He made his debut in 1895 at the Panaevsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, performing in N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Maid of Pskov.

In 1902, he performed in Tbilisi, and later in Kharkov, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. From 1906 to 1908 and from 1910 to 1917, he was a member of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, where he made his debut as Radamès in Aida.

He performed at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre from 1908 to 1910 and again from 1920 to 1922. He was also a soloist at the Ekaterinburg Opera House. From 1917 to 1921, he made guest appearances at the Grand Opera in Paris, and continued to perform in Saratov, Tbilisi, and various cities across the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1932.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. A Life for the Tsar (Glinka) Brothers in the snowstorm R.A.O.G 3047
2. Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida Zonophone X-62572
3. Aida (Verdi) Pur ti riveggo with Vera Klopotovskaya G&T 024008 134Hp Moscow 1903
4. Aida (Verdi) Si, fuggiam da queste mura with Vera Klopotovskaya G&T 024011 136 1903
5. Nero (Rubinstein) Stances – Glory to thee, god Hymen G&T 2-22108 1486C
6. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba R.A.O.G 3045
7. The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) What is our life R.A.O.G 3045
8. Trovatore (Verdi) Di quella pira! R.A.O.G 3047