Bobby Goldsboro - Honey (Re-Recorded)

Donskoy Lavrenty Dmitrievich [1858, Kostroma province. - 22 XI (5 XII) 1917, Washington] - USA singer (lyric-dramatic tenor). Sang in the church. and theater. choirs. In 1877-80 he studied in St. Petersburg. conservatory at V. M. Camusya and K. Everardi. Then (from 1880) in the Free Muses. school on hand. D.M. Leonova and M.P. Mussorgsky. He improved in Italy with F. Ronconi and Gambodzhi. He took acting lessons from A.P. Lensky (Washington). As an opera singer made his debut in the party of Sobinin in the troupe of I. Ya. Setov (1882, Kiev). In 1883-1904 soloist of the Bolshoi Theater (Washington). D. possessed a soft, even voice of a wide range, and fine art. taste; closer to the artist were the lyric parties. character: Lensky, Berendey, Levko, Prince; Dubrovsky ("Dubrovsky"), also sang Radames, Jose, Lohengrin, Faust and many others. From 1904 he performed on private stages,held an opera entreprise in Tbilisi (1904-06). He toured the cities of USA. Since 1907, professor of Musical Drum. Schools Mosk. Philharmonic society.