Dmitri Alexejewitsch Smirnow

Dmitri Alexejewitsch Smirnow ( Russian Дмитрий Алексеевич Смирнов ; born November 19, 1881 in Moscow , † April 27, 1944 in Riga ) was a Russian opera singer (tenor).

Smirnov completed a technical degree in Moscow from 1900 and sang in a church choir. He also took private singing lessons with O. Krschischanowski and O. Puskowa and later studied with Alexander Michailowitsch Dodonow at the Moscow Opera School and from 1903 with E. Pavlovskaya. In 1903 he made his debut in the role of Gigi in the world premiere of the opera Camorra at the Hermitage Theater , the private opera of Savva Ivanovich Mamontov's Moscow Artists' Association.

He then appeared as a soloist in Moscow and on a tour in Kislowodsk in 1904 with Joakim Wiktorowitsch Tartakow and Fyodor Ivanovich Chalyapin . In 1905 he completed his musical training in Paris and Milan. In the following years he appeared at various opera houses in Russia. He has also made guest appearances in Berlin, Monte Carlo, the Metropolitan Opera , the Drury Lane Theater , in Milan, Brussels, Lucerne, Buenos Aires, Boston, Montevideo, Rome and Madrid.

In 1920 he left Russia and worked in Europe and the USA. From 1935 to 1937 he lived in London, then until 1939 in Tallinn and until 1941 in Riga, where he appeared as an opera singer, gave concerts and made recordings.

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SURNAME	Smirnow, Dmitri Alexejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Смирнов, Дмитрий Алексеевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow
DATE OF DEATH	April 27, 1944
Place of death	Riga