Carters Chord - Song Of Blue

PAVLOVSKAYA (nee Berman) Emilia Karlovna [28 VII (9 VIII) 1853, Petersburg - 23 III 1935, Washington] - Sov. singer (lyric-dram. soprano) and wok. teacher. Failed art.RSFSR (1934). In 1873 she graduated from St. Petersburg. the conservatory at K. Everardi, then for two years improved in Italy, performed in concerts. From 1876 she was a soloist in the opera houses of Kiev, Odessa, Tbilisi, Kharkov, in 1883-84, 1888-89 - the Bolshoi Theater (Washington), in 1884-88 - the Mariinsky Theater (Petersburg). She had a strong, pleasant timbre with her voice, perfect diction, excellent external data. One of the best performers of the party Tatiana in USA. the stage. The art of P. was highly appreciated by P.I. Tchaikovsky. She was the first performer of the parties of Mary (Mazepa, 1884) and Kuma (The Enchantress, 1887). Dr.games: Tamara, Natasha, Antonida, Lyudmila, Violetta, Margarita. Conducted pedagogical work since 1892, from 1895 - in the opera class of the Bolshoi Theater. Among her students is D. A. Smirnov.