Jelyzaveta Chavdar
Jelysaweta Iwaniwna Chavdar ( Ukrainian Єлизавета Іванівна Чавдар ; Russian Елизавета Ивановна Чавдар / Elizaveta Chavdar Iwaniwna * 23 February 1925 in Odessa ; † 27. December 1989 in Kiev ) was a Ukrainian - Soviet opera singer ( coloratura soprano ) and vocal coach . In 1952 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR .
Life
In 1948 she finished the Odessa Conservatory and in the same year she was accepted into the troupe of the Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1949 she won second prize at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Budapest, and first prize at the same competition in Berlin in 1951 . In 1953 she joined the CPSU . From 1968 Tschawdar taught at the Kiev Conservatory (since 1979 as a professor, chair of solo singing).
Tschawdar performed in the USSR as well as abroad. Chawdar's repertoire essentially included the soprano parts of Russian and European classical opera:
- Lakmé ( Lakmé by Delibes )
- Lucia ( Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti )
- Lyudmila ( Ruslan and Lyudmila von Glinka )
- Antonida ( A Life for the Tsar of Glinka)
- Musetta ( La Bohème by Puccini )
- Swan Princess ( The Tale of Tsar Saltan von Rimski-Korsakow )
- Marfa ( The Tsar's Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Rosina ( The Barber of Seville by Rossini )
- Gilda ( Rigoletto by Verdi )
- Violetta ( La traviata by Verdi)
Awards and honors
- Chavdar was awarded the Order of Lenin , the Order of the October Revolution and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor .
- In Kiev, a street ( Ukrainian Вулиця Єлизавети Чавдар ) has been named in honor of Chawdar since 2009 .
literature
- Леонид Сергеевич Кауфман: Елизавета Ивановна Чавдар - народная артистка СССР . Kiev 1960.
- Entry: Article Чавдар Елизавета Ивановна in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Web links
- Українська пісня (Ukrainian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ В Дарнице появились две новые улицы - Михаила Кравчука и Елизаветы Чавдар ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has not yet been checked automatically. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Chavdar, Jelyzaveta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chavdar, Jelisaveta Ivaniwna; Чавдар, Єлизавета Іванівна (Ukrainian); Чавдар, Елизавета Ивановна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian-Soviet opera singer (coloratura soprano) and vocal teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odessa |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1989 |
| Place of death | Kiev |