Pietro Kufferle "Opera singer Eugene Zhdanovsky"
 

Bronze. 41 - 35 - 22 cm Bust presented with a gift Zhdanov in Verona in August 1930 of the year.

Pietro Kufferle - Italian sculptor, in the early 20 th century worked in Russia, -''a monument to the dead sailors, etc.''

Zhdanovsky Eugene Fadeevich - (1892 - 8.8.1949) - art. Opera (bass) and director. Educated in a theological seminary in Odessa, where 15 years was a soloist of the church choir. Took singing lessons at the conductor A. Bernardi, under the arms. to-cerned prepared party Susanin ( "Ivan Susanin Glinka) and in the same party made its debut on the opera stage in 1911. Then he studied singing at the Univ. Cons. (cl. V. Zarudny). Student 4-year student, was invited into the troupe of Moscow. Zimin Opera, where in 1916 his debut as Mephistopheles (Faust). In 1917-24 soloist mosk. Big t-ra (making his debut as Farlaf). In 1924 he left Russia and in the same year appeared in Madrid (m-p "Real"), and later in Milan (r-r "La Scala", supported by A. Toscanini, 1925-26, 1930, 1933). Since 1927 worked constantly in Bulgaria (Bulgarian citizen since 1929), including the Sofia nar. opera. Toured in Odessa, Kiev (in the beginning. 1920.), Rome, Navarre, Verona, Bergamo, Ferrara, Cremona (1925-26), on the island of Malta in Cairo, RSA. America (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago, 1929), Paris (Engl. Private Opera, 1920-30-e gg.), New York (r-r "Metropolitan Opera") . According to one Italian. critics, "Zhdanovsky one of the most deeply felt lyrical singers of our time - is an artist with great training and has exceptional voice means. 1 yisp. Moscow parties Guards ( "Oresteia"). DR. Party: Konchak, Boris Godunov, Barlaam, Rangoni, Dosifej, Dodon, Don Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini), Mephistopheles (Faust), Falstaff ( "Windsor gossips"), Wotan ( "Valkyrie" and "Gold Rhine "), Ramfis, Nilakanta. Partners: K. Derzhinskaya, N. Ozerov, F. Chaliapin, S. Yudin. Pel p /u N. Golovanov, J. Del Campo, E. Cooper, S. Koussevitzky, V. Suk, A. Toscanini. He has worked with directors A. Benoit, V. Lossky, P. Olenin, A. Sanin, K. Stanislavsky. Neck-rye archive. Materials singer - in GTSTM, fax. 429.