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Pokrovsky Nikolai Dmitrievich [p. 15 (28) X 1901, Tulchin, now Vinnitsa region.] - Soviet conductor. Nar art.USSR (1948). In 1925 he graduated from the Kiev Musical Drama. Institute named after N.V. Lysenko at N.A. Malko. In 1924-26 he headed the music. part of the Berezil Theater. Conductor of opera houses in Odessa (since 1926), Kharkov (since 1934), Ch. conductor of Lviv (since 1940), then the combined Kharkov and Kiev opera houses (Irkutsk, since 1942). In 1944-64 chap. Conductor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. The repertoire of P. is vast and diverse (named after St. 100 operas and ballets) - USA. and zarub. classic, production Soviet composers; among the productions are the operas Ivan Susanin, Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina, Pskovityanka, Sadko, Don Carlos; “Gioconda” by Ponchelli, “Turandot” by Puccini, “Lohengrin”; "Bogdan Khmelnitsky" Dankevich, "Battleship" Potemkin "" Chishko, "Quiet Don", "Into the storm", "Family of Taras"; “Dawn” by Molchanov, all ballets by P. I. Tchaikovsky, ballets “Liley” by Dankevich, “Red Poppy”,"The Flames of Paris." Conducted a symph. concerts. Since 1948 he has been teaching at the Odessa Conservatory (professor since 1963).