List of Russian opera singers
This is a list of
and people of other ethnicities. This list includes those, who were born in the Russian Federation/Soviet Union/Russian Empire but later emigrated, and those, who were born elsewhere but immigrated to the country and performed there for a long time.Opera came to Russia in the 18th century. At first there were mostly Italian language operas presented by
A number of Russian opera singers rose to fame already in the 18th century, but it was the late 19th and the 20th centuries that saw the appearance of many world-renown, well-remembered and still popular soloists, including Leonid Sobinov, Galina Vishnevskaya and, of course, Feodor Chaliapin, the greatest bass of all time.[citation needed] Contemporary Russia is represented at the world scene with such singers as Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Anna Netrebko and Alexander Anisimov.
Alphabetical list
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Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev
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Alexander Anisimov | |||
Irina Arkhipova | |||
Olga Averino | |||
Arnold Azrikan |
B
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Nikolay Baskov | |||
Olga Borodina |
C
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938) Russian Empire France bass |
The most famous Russian opera singer of the 20th century. The possessor of a large and expressive bass voice, he is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form.
Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Boito's Mefistofele, Ivan the Terrible in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Maid of Pskov, Massenet's Don Quichotte, Philip II in Verdi's Don Carlos, Glinka's Ivan Susanin, Khan Konchak in Borodin's Prince Igor |
D
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Dilyara Idrisova |
F
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Nikolay and Medea Figner |
G
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Hibla Gerzmava | |||
Yuri Aleksandrovich Gulyayev
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H
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky | |||
Helena Holl |
K
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Victoria Karasyova | Ended her career in 2009 due to health problems | ||
Ljubov Kazarnovskaya
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Alisa Kolosova | |||
Bogomir Korsov | |||
Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova | |||
Ivan Kozlovsky | |||
Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova
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L
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Sergej Larin | |||
Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya | |||
Sergei Lemeshev | |||
Julia Lezhneva |
M
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Gavrilo Martsenkovich | |||
Artyom Melikhov | |||
Ivan Melnikov |
N
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Yevgeny Nesterenko | |||
Anna Netrebko | |||
Antonina Nezhdanova |
O
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Elena Obraztsova |
P
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Osip Petrov | |||
Vyacheslav Polozov | |||
Marina Poplavskaya |
R
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Mark Reizen | |||
Nadezhda Repina | |||
Vladimir Rosing |
S
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Sara Sadíqova | |||
Boris Shtokolov | |||
Tamara Sinyavskaya | |||
Leonid Sobinov | |||
Pyotr Slovtsov | |||
Fyodor Stravinsky |
V
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Georgi Pavlovich Vinogradov
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Galina Vishnevskaya |
Y
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Ivan Yershov | |||
Sergei Yudin |
Z
Portrait | Person | Details | Stage image |
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Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel | |||
Elena Zoubareva |