Tatiana Wassilewna Schlykowa-Granatowa

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Tatiana Wassilewna Schlykowa-Granatowa ( NI Argunow , 1789, Kuskowo Castle Museum )

Tatjana Wassilewna Schlykowa-Granatowa ( Russian Татьяна Васильевна Шлыкова-Гранатова * 1773 in Moscow , † January 25 . Jul / 6. February  1863 greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Russian ballet dancer and opera singer .

Life

Tatyana's father Vasily Schlykow was the serf peasant of Count Pyotr Sheremetev and worked in his house arsenal . Her mother Jelena Schlykowa served with Countess Varwara Alexejewna Sheremeteva, Mrs. Pyotr Sheremetev and daughter of the Russian Chancellor Prince Alexei Cherkassky . At the age of 7, she was accepted into the manor house in Kuskovo for training in the Count's serf theater . She was taught etiquette , declamation , French , Italian , music , singing and dancing . Her teacher was the well-known choreographer Charles Le Picq . She performed early as a prima ballerina in Kuskowo with the stage name Granatowa ( garnet ). During a visit to Empress Catherine II in Kuskovo, the Empress had her called into her box after Tatyana's appearance, praised her dance and gave her a few Cherwonzen . After Count Pyotr Sheremetev's death, his son and successor, Count Nikolai Sheremetev, continued the serf theater in the renovated Ostankino Castle Theater .

Tatjana delighted the audience in pas de deux and pas de trois, in comedic roles (as Annette in the ballet Annette et Lubin by Jean-François Marmontel ) and in dramatic roles (as Krëusa in the ballet Médée et Jason by Jean-Joseph Rodolphe , as queen in the ballet Inês de Castro by François-Adrien Boieldieu ). She also appeared in operas (as a young Samniterin in the opera Les mariages samnites by André Grétry , as Clarissa in the opera Il duello comico by Giovanni Paisiello ).

In 1803 Tatyana's friend Praskovia was married by Count Nikolai Sheremetev, with Tatiana being a maid of honor. Praskovia died in 1803. Tatjana received its charter and remained in the house of Count Nikolai Scheremetews. After Count Nikolai Sheremetev's death in 1809, she raised his son Dmitri , and later she helped raise his grandson Sergei .

Tatjana was a regular churchgoer and observed fasting times. Several times she visited the Sergius Hermitage by the Sea ( Sergijewa Pustyn) near St. Petersburg, with whose Archimandrite Ignatius Brjantschaninow she was known.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Count Sergei Sheremetev: Татьяна Васильевна Шлыкова St. Petersburg, November 14, 1888 (accessed September 20, 2016).
  2. ↑ Шлыкова-Гранатова Татьяна Васильевна (accessed September 20, 2016).
  3. ↑ крепостной балет (accessed September 20, 2016).
  4. ↑ А. Рогов: Шереметев и Жемчугова . Вагриус, 2007.
  5. ^ Douglas Smith: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia . Yale University Press, New Haven 2008.
  6. ↑ Елена Лебедева: Храм на Черкасских огородах (accessed September 12, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Schlykowa-Granatowa, Tatiana Wassilewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Шлыкова-Гранатова, Татьяна Васильевна (Russian); Shlykova-Granatova, Tatyana Vasilevna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ballet dancer and opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1863
Place of death St. Petersburg