Petr Slovtsov (Tenor) (Village Ustyanskoe, Kansky District, province Eniseysk 1886 – Krasnoyarsk 1934)

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He studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Ivan Gord (1909-1912). He appeared on the opera stages of Odessa (1910-1912), Kiev (1912-1914), Saratov (1914), Petrograd (National House, 1915-1918), Nizhny Novgorod (1917), Tomsk, and Ekaterinburg (1918-1919), Irkustsk (1919-1920), Moscow (Bolshoi Theatre 1929, 1932), Sverdlovsk (1930) and Leningrad (1920-30s). From 1928 to 1930 he lived in Krasnoyarsk. Here, togheter with his wife, opera singer M. Rioli, Slovtsov was founded an opera troupe, which is called ‘’Labouring opera collective’’ (1923-1925). Many famous opera singers performed in Slovtov’s opera troupe. Among them was V. Kastorsky, L. Balanovskaya, G. Pirogov and L. Andreeva-Delmas. In his troupe Slovtsov not only sang, but also worked as stage manager and produce different operas – ‘’Faust’’, ‘’Aida’’, ‘’Dubrovsky’’, ‘’Traviata’’. From 1928 to 1934 he was a professor of the Russian University of the Theatre Arts. Slovtsov possessed strong, lyrical voice of a rare beauty, warm,  soft, caressing timbre, amazing breath, a wide range and faultless vocal technique. He was called ‘’Siberian nightingale’’.

 Chronology of some appearances

1910-1912 Odessa Opera House

1912-1914 Kiev Opera House

1914 Saratov Opera House

1915-1918 Petrograd National House

1929 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre 

1932 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Pathé, St. Petersburg 1912

A lullaby (Tchaikovsky) 22350

At the ball (Tchaikovsky) 22351

Pine (Tree) (E. I. Bukke) 22352

Gramophone, St. Petersburg 1913

I opened the window (Tchaikovsky) 222234 4987ae

Hide me, stormy night (Dargomyzhsky) 222338 4989 ae

Don’t tell me he died (Rechkunova) 222353 5023ae

How bright, Romance (Rachmaninov) 222352 5024½ae

Sweetly sang the nightingale (Gliere) 222233 4986ae

O God, how beautiful is this cool night (Amani) 222339 5022ae

Eugene Onegin: I love you Olga 222320 18021b

Snegurochka: Bernedey's cavantine 0222012 2872c

I'm again alone (Borodin) 222389 18026b

Artistopia, Kiev 1914/1915

Traviata (Verdi): Parigi, o cara with Maria Kurenko  602

Fust (Gounod): Tardi si fa with Maria Kurenko  603

Fust (Gounod): Salve dimora 604

Pescatori di perle (Bizet):  Mi par d'udire ancora 310

Manon (Massenet): Le reve 311

Mus Trust, Moscow 1929/1930

Grass (Varlamov) 563 15409

Am Meer no. 12 from Schwanengesang (Schubert) 564 15406

Ole from Nordland: Song of The fisherman (M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov) 702 15409

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Whither, whither 0699

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Mi par d'udire ancora Mus Trust 0569 1929

Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella Mus Trust 701

Cradle song (Mozart) Mus Trust 565 15406

Dubrovsky (Napravnik): O give me oblivion Mus Trust 0570