The McClymonts - Something That My Heart Does

Cherkasy Marianna Borisovna [13 (25) II 1875, Petersburg - 1934, Riga] - USA. singer (dram. soprano). In 1900 she graduated from St. Petersburg. a conservatory in the singing class with K. Ferney-Giraldoni and successfully made her debut in the part of Tatyana at the Mariinsky Theater, where she sang until 1918. In 1919-29, the Latvian soloist. operas. In 1907 she took part in concerts “Rus. seasons ”in Paris, organized by S. P. Diaghilev. She toured with great success in Italy (La Scala trade union, 1909; was invited to perform the part of Brünnhilde in the Wagner opera Valkyrie), France, Greece, Germany and others. She had a large-range voice, beautiful timbre, with bright, "metallic." tops. Her performance was distinguished by cantilena, impeccable musicality, precise phrasing, clear diction, and mastery of scenic. reincarnation. In C.'s vast repertoire, parties were distinguished in the operas of R. Wagner.Among the best parties are Fevronia ("The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia"), Gorislav ("Ruslan and Lyudmila"), Lisa, Tatyana; Venus and Elizabeth (“Tannhauser”), Isolde (“Tristan and Isolde”), Ortrud (“Lohengrin”), Brünnhilde (in the operas of the tetralogy “The Ring of the Nibelung”). In the last years of her life she gave concerts and taught.