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The subject index
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Mariinsky Theatre
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Kovaleva G.V. (1932-1995), singer
KOVALEVA Galina Vasilievna (1932-1995, Saint Petersburg), opera singer (coloratura soprano), People's Artist of the USSR (1974). Graduated from the Saratov Sobinov Conservatory under O.N
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Kryukov Canal
KRYUKOV CANAL runs from the Admiralty Canal by Truda Square to the Fontanka River. 1015 meters long, it was dug from the Neva River to the Moika River in 1719-20 and was named after the contractor Semen Kyukov in 1738 (the section from the Neva to
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Kschessinska M.F., (1872-1971), ballet dancer
KSCHESSINSKA Mathilde (Maria) Felixovna (1872, Ligovo, near St. Petersburg - 1971), ballet dancer and teacher. A student of C. I. Ioganson, she graduated from the Theatre School in 1890 to be immediately admitted into the Mariinsky Theatre
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Lapitsky I.M. (1876-1944), stage director
LAPITSKY (alias Mikhailov) Iosif Mikhailovich (1876-1944), actor, opera and drama director, musical and public figure, Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1936)
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Leonova D.М., (1829-1896), singer
LEONOVA (Gildmeister after her first marriage) Daria Mikhaylovna (1829, according to other reports, 1834-1896, St. Petersburg), opera singer (contralto), actress, chamber singer, and teacher. Lived in St
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Litvin F.V. (1861-1936), singer
LITVIN Felia Vasilievna (real name Francoise-Jeanne Schutz, married name Litvinova) (1861, or 1863 according to other data, St. Petersburg - 1936), opera singer (lyric-dramatic soprano), chamber singer, teacher
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Lopukhov F.V., (1886-1973), choreographer
LOPUKHOV Fedor Vasilievich (1886, St. Petersburg - 1973, Leningrad), ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher, people's artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1956). A student of N. G
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Lunacharsky A.V. (1875-1933), revolutionary, statesman
LUNACHARSKY Anatoly Vasilievich (1875-1933), Soviet statesman and party figure, playwright, literary critic, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1930)
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Meyerhold V.E., (1874-1940), director
MEYERHOLD Vsevolod Emilievich (Karl Kazimir Teodor Meiergold, before Orthodox christening in 1895) (1874-1940), director, actor, pedagogue, theatre worker, People's Artist of the Republic (1923)
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Mravina E.K. (1864-1914), singer
MRAVINA (the stage name; nee Mravinskaya, married name Koribut-Dashkevich) Evgenia Konstantinovna (1864, St. Petersburg - 1914), opera singer (lyric coloratura soprano), chamber singer. Took singing lessons from I.P
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Mravinsky Е.А., (1903-1988), conductor
MRAVINSKY Evgeny Alexandrovich (1903 - 1988, Leningrad), conductor, people's artist of the USSR (1954) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). A student of the Second Gymnasium, Petersburg University, and Academic Chapel
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Mussorgsky Opera and Ballet Theatre
MUSSORGSKY OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE. Dates back to 1918, when it was established in the building of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (1 Iskusstv Square; 1833, architect А. P. Bryullov, rebuilt in 1859 by architect А. K. Cavos)
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Mussorgsky М.P., (1839-1881), composer
MUSSORGSKY Modest Petrovich (1839-1881, St. Petersburg), composer. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1849, he studied at St. Petrischule and the Guards and Cavalry Cadets College in 1852-56, situated at the present-day 54 Lermontovsky Avenue
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Napravnik E.F., (1839-1916), composer
NAPRAVNIK Eduard Frantsevich (1839-1916, Petrograd), conductor, composer, and musician. Originally from the Czech Republic, he studied at an organ school and under I. F. Kittl, the director of the conservatory, in Prague. He lived in St
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Nijinsky V.F., (1890-1950), ballet dancer
NIJINSKY Vaclav Fomich (1889, according to other reports, 1890-1950), a ballet dancer and choreographer. A native of Poland, he studied under M. K. Obukhov at the Petersburg Theatre School to graduate in 1907
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Palecek О.O., (1842-1915), singer
PALECEK Osip Osipovich (Josef) (1842-1915, Petrograd), opera singer (basso cantante), chamber signer, director, and teacher. A native of the Czech Republic, he studied music in Prague as an organist and as singer, studying under professor F. Tivodi
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Pavlova А.P., (1881-1931), ballet dancer
PAVLOVA Anna Pavlovna (1881 - 1931, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer. Studied under P. A. Gerdt in the Petersburg Theatre School, graduating in 1899. She joined the company of the Mariinsky Theatre to dance the key parts in M. I
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Pechkovsky N.K., (1896-1966), singer
PECHKOVSKY Nikolay Konstantinovich (1896-1966, Leningrad), opera actor (lyric drama tenor), People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1939). Began on the stages of Moscow's dramatic theatres in 1910
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Petipa М.I., (1818-1910), choreographer
PETIPA Marius Ivanovich (1818-1910), French ballet dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He studied under his father J. Petipa and A. Vestris. Invited to St. Petersburg as a mime dancer in 1847, he danced until 1869. A teacher in St
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Petrov O.A., (1807-1878), singer
PETROV Osip Afanasievich (1807-1878, St. Petersburg), performed in operas (bass), operettas, and dramas, chamber singer and teacher. Husband of A.Y. Petrova-Vorobyeva. Studied rudiments of music under kapellmeister Bekhman
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Platonova Y.F., (1841-1892), singer
PLATONOVA (nee Garder; married Tvaneva) Yulia Fedorovna (1841-1892, St. Petersburg), opera singer (lyric drama soprano), chamber singer. Studied singing under Postel, Director of the Mitavsky Musical Society
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Preobrazhenskaya S.P., (1904-1966), singer
PREOBRAZHENSKAYA Sofia Petrovna (1904, St. Petersburg - 1966, Leningrad), opera singer (mezzo-soprano), People's Artist of the USSR (1955). Graduated from Ershov and Zaytseva School of Music in 1928
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Prokofiev S.S., (1891-1953), composer
PROKOFIEV Sergey Sergeevich (1891-1953), composer, pianist, director, People's Artist of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1947). He lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) between 1904 and 1918
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Radlov Sergey Ernestovich (1892-1958), director
RADLOV Sergey Ernestovich (1892-1958), director, pedagogue, Honoured Worker of the Arts of RSFSR (1940). He graduated from the history and philosophy department of the St. Petersburg University (1916)
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Rimsky-Korsakov N.A., (1844-1908), composer
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Nikolay Andreevich (1844-1908, Lyubensk summer residence near Luga in the St. Petersburg Region), composer, pedagogue, director, musical public figure
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Schreter V. A. , (1839-1901), architect
SCHRETER Viktor Alexandrovich (1839-1901), architect, lecturer, representative of the transitional rationalistic style from Eclecticism to Art Nouveau. In 1856-58, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the class of L.L
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Serebryakova Z.E., (1884-1967), Artist
SEREBRYAKOVA (Lansere by birth) Zinaida Evgenyevna (1884-1967) artist. The daughter of sculptor E. A. Lansere, sister of E. E. Lansere. From 1886, she lived in St. Petersburg in the house of her uncle N. L. Benois
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Sergeev K.M., (1910-1992), dancer
SERGEEV Konstantin Mikhailovich (1910 - 1992, St. Petersburg), dancer, ballet-master, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1957). In 1930-61, after graduating from the Leningrad choreographic School under V.I
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Serov A.N., (1820-1871), composer
SEROV Alexander Nikolaevich (1820 - 1871, St. Petersburg), composer, music critic, father of artist V.A. Serov. Graduated from the Legal School (1840), where he befriended V.V. Stasov
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Serov V.A., (1865-1911), Artist
SEROV Valentin Alexandrovich (1865 - 1911, St. Petersburg) painter and graphic artist. Son of A. N. Serov. He studied at the Academy of Arts under I. E. Repin and P. P
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