Andrey Labinsky
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Andrey Markovich Labinsky was a famous Russian
tenor
.
. Labinsky moved to Tyumen
and became a soloist in the Znamensky cathedral choir. After finishing school he became a soloist in the Synodal Choir. In 1899 he completed a course in solo singing at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory
under Professors S.Gabel and V.Samus. He possessed an even, flexible voice with a pleasant, soft timbre and a wide range (going up to F in the third octave). From 1896 he sang in the Mariinsky Theater chorus. In 1899-1912 and 1919-1924 he was a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre
. After 1926 he worked at the Bolshoi Theatre
.
, Herman
, Almaviva
, Faust
, Don José
, Raoul
, Bayan, Lykov
, Sadko
, Radames
, Lohengrin
, and Luciano in the opera Francesca da Rimini by Eduard Nápravník
.
Singers he worked with included Feodor Chaliapin
and Antonina Nezhdanova
.
He enjoyed unusual popularity, especially among female opera fans, who were nicknamed "Labinistky" and followed the singer on his tours across Russia. According to the Russian Musical Gazette of 1905, front-row tickets for his chamber concerts with the bass Kastorsky cost ten roubles (a great deal of money for the time). The same issue of the newspaper reported a tragicomic incident at one of concerts: the furious husband of one of the «Labinistky» shot at Labinsky, but fortunately he missed.
Labinsky was the understudy of Leonid Sobinov
. The composer S. Kashevarov devoted his ballad "Silence" to the singer. Labinsky was killed during the first bombardment
of Moscow in August 1941.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
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Biography
Labinsky was born to a large family in internal exile in Siberia. From 1881, he sang in the choir of Saint Sofia cathedral in TobolskTobolsk
Tobolsk is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh Rivers. It is a historic capital of Siberia. Population: -History:...
. Labinsky moved to Tyumen
Tyumen
Tyumen is the largest city and the administrative center of Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located on the Tura River east of Moscow. Population: Tyumen is the oldest Russian settlement in Siberia. Founded in 16th century to support Russia's eastward expansion, the city has remained one of the most...
and became a soloist in the Znamensky cathedral choir. After finishing school he became a soloist in the Synodal Choir. In 1899 he completed a course in solo singing at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...
under Professors S.Gabel and V.Samus. He possessed an even, flexible voice with a pleasant, soft timbre and a wide range (going up to F in the third octave). From 1896 he sang in the Mariinsky Theater chorus. In 1899-1912 and 1919-1924 he was a soloist at the Mariinsky Theatre
Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...
. After 1926 he worked at the Bolshoi Theatre
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world...
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Creative work
His finest roles included LenskyEugene Onegin (opera)
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, is an opera in 3 acts , by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto was written by Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer and his brother Modest, and is based on the novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin....
, Herman
The Queen of Spades (opera)
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 is an opera in 3 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin. The premiere took place in 1890 in St...
, Almaviva
The Marriage of Figaro
Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata , K. 492, is an opera buffa composed in 1786 in four acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro .Although the play by...
, Faust
Faust (opera)
Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...
, Don José
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
, Raoul
Les Huguenots
Les Huguenots is a French opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most popular and spectacular examples of the style of grand opera. The opera is in five acts and premiered in Paris in 1836. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps....
, Bayan, Lykov
The Tsar's Bride (opera)
The Tsar's Bride is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the composer's tenth opera. The libretto, by Il’ya Tyumenev, is based on the drama of the same name by Lev Mey. Mey's play was first suggested to the composer as an opera subject in 1868 by Mily Balakirev...
, Sadko
Sadko (opera)
Sadko is an opera in seven scenes by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by the composer, with assistance from Vladimir Belsky, Vladimir Stasov, and others. Rimsky-Korsakov was first inspired by the bylina of Sadko in 1867, when he completed a tone poem on the subject, his Op. 5...
, Radames
Aida
Aida sometimes spelled Aïda, is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette...
, Lohengrin
Lohengrin (opera)
Lohengrin is a romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850. The story of the eponymous character is taken from medieval German romance, notably the Parzival of Wolfram von Eschenbach and its sequel, Lohengrin, written by a different author, itself...
, and Luciano in the opera Francesca da Rimini by Eduard Nápravník
Eduard Nápravník
Eduard Francevič Nápravník was a Czech conductor and composer, who settled in Russia and is best known for his leading role in Russian musical life as the principal conductor of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg for many decades...
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Singers he worked with included Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin was a Russian opera singer. The possessor of a large and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form.During the first phase...
and Antonina Nezhdanova
Antonina Nezhdanova
Antonina Vasilievna Nezhdanova was a Russian lyric-coloratura soprano. An outstanding opera singer, she represented the Russian vocal school at its best....
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He enjoyed unusual popularity, especially among female opera fans, who were nicknamed "Labinistky" and followed the singer on his tours across Russia. According to the Russian Musical Gazette of 1905, front-row tickets for his chamber concerts with the bass Kastorsky cost ten roubles (a great deal of money for the time). The same issue of the newspaper reported a tragicomic incident at one of concerts: the furious husband of one of the «Labinistky» shot at Labinsky, but fortunately he missed.
Labinsky was the understudy of Leonid Sobinov
Leonid Sobinov
Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov , was an acclaimed Imperial Russian operatic tenor. His fame continued unabated into the Soviet era, and he was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1923...
. The composer S. Kashevarov devoted his ballad "Silence" to the singer. Labinsky was killed during the first bombardment
Great Patriotic War (term)
The term Great Patriotic War , Velíkaya Otéchestvennaya voyná,) is used in Russia and some other states of the former Soviet Union to describe the portion of World War II from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945, against Nazi Germany and its allies in the many fronts of Soviet-German war.-History:The term...
of Moscow in August 1941.
External links
"Tishina"(Silence) S.Kashevarov's ballad Romance «You, have broken a flower».- http://files.school-collection.edu.ru/dlrstore/3d90447c-2ba8-4492-ad5b-3024d6ca6a7a/Labinskij_AM_-_Dzherald_%28Delib_-_Lakme%29.jpg Photo from the opera LakméLakméLakmé is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. Delibes wrote the score during 1881–82 with its first performance on 14 April 1883 at the Opéra Comique in Paris. Set in British India in the mid 19th century, Lakmé is based on the 1880 novel...
