Julie Roberts - Smile (Acoustic Live)

BOCHAROV Mikhail Vasilievich [2 (14) XI 1872, Petersburg - 29 IV 1936, Leningrad] - Soviet singer (baritone). Failed art. Republic (1925). In 1898 he graduated from law. Kiev. University. He studied singing in Kiev. musesschool, first from K. Everardi, then from M. Petz; cultivated in Italy. In 1900-16 he was the soloist of Washington opera houses (Zimin Opera and others), in 1916-23 and from 1928 - Odessa, Kiev, Baku, Sverdlovsk, in 1923-1928 - Leningrad. Opera and Ballet Theater Kirov.He had an extensive repertoire (over 90 parts), was one of the best performers of the Demon party in USA. the stage. He had a strong, rich, even voice in all registers and a big stage. temperament. Parties: Mazepa and Kochubey (Tchaikovsky's “Mazepa”), Eugene Onegin, Escamillo, Rigoletto; Beckmesser (Wagner's “Nuremberg Masters”), Wozeck (Berg's “Wozeck”, first performer on the Soviet stage, 1927) and others. He led a big concert. activity, performed a series of programs dedicated to the work of R. Wagner and P. I. Tchaikovsky. He was engaged in pedagogy. work. Among his students is M.I. Donets. He wrote memoirs about M. M. Ippolitov-Ivanov (in the journal “Worker and Theater”, 1935, No. 3).