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MEYCHIK Alexandra Davydovna (pseudo - Anna Meychik) (1875, Minsk - 8 VIII 1934, New York) - USA. singer (contralto). In 1898 she graduated from St. Petersburg. conservatory in the class of singing at C. Ferney-Giraldoni. She worked in theaters of Kharkov, Irkutsk, Vilnius, Kiev, Kazan, Saratov, Washington. M. possessed a strong, even, thick and at the same time moving voice of a wide range (she also performed mezzo-soprano parts). Among her best parties: Vanya, Ratmir, Lel; Martha (Khovanshchina), Lyubasha, Carmen, Amneris. In 1908, M. was invited to the La Scala theater in Milan; sang the parts of Delilah here; Orpheus ("Orpheus and Eurydice" by Gluck), Romeo ("Montecchi and Capulet" by Bellini). Since 1913, she performed in the Wagnerian repertoire on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York: Ortruda (Lohengrin), Erda (Rhine Gold and Siegfried), Frik (Valkyrie) and others. Since 1914 she studied .activities in Europe (Berlin, Barcelona, ​​Naples). Returning to St. Petersburg, she sang at the Mariinsky Theater. Since 1922 she lived abroad; led the wok. studio in New York.