Ekaterina Orel (Soprano) (? 1884- ?1935)

This lirico coloratura soprano probably made her debut in 1902. In 1903 she appeared at the St. Petersburg Italian Opera. From 1906-1908 she sang in St. Petersburg National House and in the 1910-1911 season appeared in New Opera. She also sang in Kislovodsk (1904), Tbilisi (1904-1905), Kharkov (1905), Moscow (Theatre of Solodovnikov, 1905-1906), Kiev (1912-1913) and Ekaterinoslav (1913). Here best roles were in ‘’A life for  the Tzar’’ as Antonida and ‘’Sadko’’ as Volkhova. She sang with Eugenio Giraldoni, Nikolai Figner, Iosif Tomars, Dmitri Smirnov, Feodor Chaliapin.

Chronology of some appearances

1903 St. Petersburg Italian Opera
1906-1908 St. Petersburg National House

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

G&T, St. Petersburg 1902

Faust (Gounod):  Jevel song 23176 329z

La zingara, Romanza (Fra l'erbe cosparse) (Donizetti) 23181  347z

Traviata (Verdi): Ah, fors'e lui...Sempre libera 23183 349z

Snow maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov): Aria 23282 568C

M'ama, non m'ama, Romanza (Mascagni) 23322 599C

Pastorale (Bizet)  23377 386z

Life For The Czar (Glinka): Aria  23379  388z

Ruslan and Lyudmila (Glinka): I'm sad 23280 566C

G&T, St Petersburg 1907
Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): In your house with Leonid Savransky, Nikolai Bolshakov and Antonina Panina 24499 6465L