Nikolai Leskov

Nikolai Leskov

male, deceased (1895)
novelist, writer, Russian, journalist, opera, Breast cancer death…Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, LadyMacbethoftheMtsenskDistrict
Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was a Russian journalist, novelist and short story writer. (also wrote under the pseudonym of M. Stebnitskii) By many...
Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya

female, 83 years old
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya, piano, Cio-cio-san, madama butterfly, tosca, sarajevo…LadyMacbethoftheMtsenskDistrict, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, naturalized citizen of the United States, The Tsar’s Bride
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya is a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. Vishnevskaya was...
Alexander Preis

Alexander Preis

male
Playwright, Russian, Opera librettist, shostakovich, The Nose, LadyMacbethoftheMtsenskDistrict
Alexander Preis was a Russian writer of numerous plays and libretti, including those for Shostakovich's operas "The Nose" and "Lady Macbeth of the...
Maria Ewing

Maria Ewing

female, 59 years old
Cleveland, American, carmen, from Detroit, Opera Singer, debussy…LadyMacbethoftheMtsenskDistrict, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, the marriage of figaro, Dance of the Seven Veils
Maria Ewing in Detroit, Michigan is an American opera singer who has sung both soprano and mezzo soprano roles. She studied in Cleveland, Ohio and...
Samuil Samosud

Samuil Samosud

male
Leningrad Symphony, Samuil Abramovich Samosud, Mravinsky, LadyMacbethoftheMtsenskDistrict, Lady Macbeth, Bolshoi Theater…The Nose
Samuil Abramovich Samosud (born Tbilisi, Georgia, 18 May, 1884, died Moscow, 6 November, 1964) was a Russian conductor. He started his musical...
Edgar Evans

Edgar Evans

male, deceased (2007)
The Trojan, Academic of the Royal College of Music, Cardiganshire, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, welsh…The Queen of Spades, The Trojans, Queen of Spades, LadyMacbethoftheMtsenskDistrict
Edgar Evans (born 9 June1912 in Cardiganshire, Wales; died 22 February 2007 in Northwick Park Hospital Harrow) was a Welsh opera singer. His most...