Osip Petrov

Osip Afanasievich Petrov (Russian: Осип Афанасиевич Петров, 15 November [O.S. 3 November] 1807 - 11 March [O.S. 27 February] 1878) was a Russian operatic bass-baritone of great range and renown. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Old Style or O.S. is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in leap years). ... Old Style or O.S. is a designation indicating that a date conforms to the Julian calendar, formerly in use in many countries, rather than the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in most countries. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...

He started his career by singing in a church chorus, then worked in Russian provincial theaters (including Poltava, where he worked together with Mikhail Shchepkin). From 1830 until his death in 1878 he worked for the Mariinsky Theatre. Poltava (Ukrainian: Полта́ва) is a city and oblast center in Poltava Oblast in central Ukraine with some 313,400 inhabitants (2004). ... Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin (1788-1863) was the most famous Russian actor of the 19th century. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Maryinsky (or Mariinsky) Theatre (or Theater), is the St Petersburg theatre where the Mariinsky Ballet is located. ...

He created the following roles:

• Sussanin in Glinka's A Life for the Tsar
• Neizvestnyi (The Unknown Man) in Verstovsky's Askold's Grave
• Varlaam in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov
• Ivan the Terrible in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Maid of Pskov
• Kochubey in Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa
• Oziya in Alexander Serov's Judith
• Prince Vladimir in Serov's Rogneda
• Prince Gudal in Anton Rubinstein's The Demon, and
• Leporello in Dargomyzhsky's The Stone Guest.

His 52-year career continued until the night before he died. Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian: Mihail Ivanovič Glinka) (June 1, 1804 [O.S. May 20] - February 15, 1857 [O.S. February 3]), was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition inside his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. ... A Life for the Tsar (Russian: Žizn’ za carâ) is a patriotic-heroic tragic opera in five acts with an epilogue by Mikhail Glinka. ... Portrait of 20-years old Alexey Verstovsky at the piano with the score of his first successful vaudevilleGrandmothers Parrots (1819) Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky (Russian: Алексéй Николáевич Верстóвский) (born Seliverstovo Estate, Kozlovsky district, Tambov’s region March 1 [O.S. February 18] 1799 – died Moscow, February 17 [O.S. February 5] 1862) was... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: , Modest Petrovič Musorgskij, French: ) (March 9/21, 1839 – March 16/28, 1881), one of the Russian composers known as the Five, was an innovator of Russian music. ... Modest Mussorgsky in 1870 Boris Godunov (Russian: , Borís Godunóv) is an opera by Modest Mussorgsky. ... Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: , Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov), also Nikolay, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 6 (O.S. March 18), 1844 – June 8 (O.S. June 21) 1908) was a Russian composer, one of five Russian composers known as The Five, and was later a teacher of harmony and... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильич Чайкoвский, Pëtr Il’ič ÄŒajkovskij or Pyotr Ilich Chajjkovskijj;  ) (7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1840 – 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1893), also transliterated Piotr Ilitsch Tschaikowski, Petr Ilich Tschaikowsky, Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, as well as many other versions, was a Russian composer... Mazeppa, also Mazepa (Russian: ) is an opera in three acts (six scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by Victor Burenin, based on Pushkins poem Poltava. ... Composer Alexander Serov by Valentin Serov, 1887-1888 Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Александр Николаевич Серов in Cyrillic; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Serov in transliteration) (11/23 Jan. ... Judith (Юдифь in Cyrillic, Judif’ in transliteration -- stressed on the second syllable), is an opera in five acts, composed by Alexander Serov during 1861-1863. ... Rogneda (Рогнеда in Cyrillic), is an opera in five acts, composed by Alexander Serov during 1863-1865. ... Rubinsteins portrait by Ilya Repin. ... The Stone Guest is a poetic drama by Aleksandr Pushkin based on the Spanish legend of Don Juan. ...

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• (Russian) Biography