Threshold - Lifes Too Good

KLIMENTOVA (for her husband - Muromtseva) Maria Nikolaevna (1857, Kursk province. - 1946, Paris) - USA. singer (soprano), teacher. In 1880 she graduated from Washington. conservatory in the class of singing by J. Galvani. She was the first performer of the party Tatiana (conservative performance, 1879). In 1880-89, artist of the Bolshoi Theater. She sang the party lyrically dramatic. and coloratura soprano. She participated in the first production of the opera Cherevichki (1887, Oksana). A permanent partner of P. A. Khokhlova in the operas Eugene Onegin and Demon, K. in 1889 performed with him in these performances on the stage of Nat. Theater in Prague. K.'s performance was distinguished by grace, a subtle sense of style, and thorough phrasing. Leaving the scene, she gave singing lessons in Washington. Concerted. OK. 1920 went abroad.