Mikhaylova, Maria (1866–1943)
Mikhaylova, Maria (1866–1943)
Russian soprano. Born June 3, 1866, in Kharkov; died Jan 18, 1943; studied at St. Petersburg Conservatory and in Paris with Saint-Yves-Bax and Milan with Ronconi.
Internationally famous, made debut in St. Petersburg as Marguerite de Valois in Huguenots (1892), remaining there until 1912; toured Prague, Tokyo, Kiev, etc.; sang Zerlina, Juliette, Nannetta, Lakmé, and Lyudmila and was the 1st Electra in Tanayev's Oresteia.
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