Maria Michailova (Mikhailova) (Soprano) (Kharkov 1864 – Perm 1943)

Her mother's surname was van Puteren and her mother was of Dutch ancestry. Three years she studied in St. Petersburg with Z. P. Grenning-Vilde, then approximately four years she studied in Milan with S. Ronconi and in Paris with Saint-Yves-Bax and De-Laborde. From 1892 to 1912 she was a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg where she made her debut as Margherita in ‘’Gli Ugonotti’’ of Meyerbeer. During of her career she also performed in Orel, Tambov, Odessa, at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre (1902), Vladivostok (1903), Kharkov, in the cities of Sibir (1909). She made guest appearances in Prague (1903), Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Austria and Japan. She possessed flexible, easy, well processed voice of a ''silvery'' timbre and a wide range, she also owned a coloratura and had attractive stage appearance.

Chronology of appearance

1892-1912 St. Petersburg Mariinksy Theatre 
1902 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre
1903 Vladivostok Opera House

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Berliner/G&T, St Petersburg 1901-10/11

Boheme (Puccini): Valse 23116 266x-F-2

G&T, St Petersburg 1902 (Autumn)

Cradle song (Tchaikovsky 23169  273z

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Alfin son tua 23172  312½z

Perle du Brésil (David): Charmant oiseau (Fr) 23170 313z

Sérénade (Gounod) (Fr) 23171  314z

Guarda che bianca luna (Campana) with Polikarp Orlov 24087  352z

Crucifix (Faure) with Polikarp Orlov 24088  354z

Wanderers Nachtlied (Rubinstein) with Polikarp Orlov 24090  358z

G&T, St Petersburg 1903 (Spring)

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Una voce poco fa 023000 9y

G&T, St Petersburg 1904-01?

Lakmé (Delibes): Sous le dôme épais with Yulia Nasilova 024001 102Hp

G&T, St Petersburg 1904 (Autumn)

Roméo et Juliette (Massenet): Je veux vivre (Valse) 23115 265x

Ah! che assorta in dolce incanto (Grande valzer) (Venzano) 23167 271z

G&T, St Petersburg 1904-01?

Life for the Tsar (Glinka): Do not torture me with Mitrofan Chuprinnikov and Ivan Philippov 24300x 1312½z

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): Evening already with Yulia Nasilova 24304 1317z

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): O viens, mon doux berger with Yulia Nasilova 24309 1327z

G&T, St Petersburg 1905 (early)

Rose, little rose (Dargomyzhsky) with Klavdia Tugarinova 3-4068 2808L

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): Evening already with Klavdia Tugarinova 24376 2809L

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): O viens, mon doux berger with Klavdia Tugarinova 7-34005 2810L

Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein (Mendelssohn) with Klavdia Tugarinova 24385 2811L

The little bird sang and sang (Rubinstein) with Klavdia Tugarinova 3-4067 2813L

Wanderers Nachtlied (Rubinstein) with Klavdia Tugarinova 24386 2814L

Doubt (Glinka) with Klavdia Tugarinova 24380 2815L

The sea-gull's cry (Grodskij) with Klavdia Tugarinova 3-4069 2816L

Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Did you hear with Klavdia Tugarinova 24382 2817L

Stormy breezes (arr Edlichko) 2-43127 2822L

My silken kerchief (arr Edlichko) 2-43128 2823L

Harold (Napravnik): Hush thee, dear one, slumber well 2-43131 2825L

The fearful moment (Tchaikovsky) 2-3412 2826L

Nocturne (Chopin) 2-43132 2827½L

Ave Maria (Gounod) (violin: Gamoveckaja) 2-43068 2850L

Serenata (Angel's serenade) (Braga) 2-43129 2851L

Ständchen (Schubert) 2-43130 2852L

Nightingale's trill (Chopin) (violin: Gamoveckaja) 2-43123 2864L

Élégie (Massenet) (violin: Gamoveckaja) 2-43124 2865L

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Alfin son tua 2-43069 2867L

Sérénade (Gounod) 2-43072 2869L

Manon Lescaut (Puccini): C'est l'histoire amoureuse 2-43125 2870L

Oh, sing to me (Dluski) 2-43126 2871L

Be silent, rye (Gurilev) with Klavdia Tugarinova 24383 2878L

Fair maiden (Dargomijsky) with Klavdia Tugarinova 24384 2880L

Freischütz (Weber): Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen 2-43133 2906L

Dinorah (Meyerbeer): Ombre légère 23416x 2912½L

Roméo et Juliette (Massenet): Je veux vivre 2-43075 2916L

Lakmé (Delibes): Là-bas, dans la forêt 2-43134 2917½L

Rigoletto (Verdi): Caro nome 2-43076 2918L

Freischütz (Weber): Leise, leise 2-43066 2933L

Huguenots (Meyerbeer): O beau pays 2-43070 2934L

Traviata (Verdi): Un dì felice with Alexander Davidov 24389 2967L

Traviata (Verdi): Parigi, o cara with Alexander Davidov 24394 2968L

G&T, St Petersburg 1905 (late)

Night cloud (Dargomijsky) with Nikolai Bolshakov and Lev Sibiriakov 24399 3457L

In the wild North (Dmitriev) with Nikolai Bolshakov and Lev Sibiriakov 24400 3458L

Rusalka (Dargomyzhsky): Ah! that time has passed with Nikolai Bolshakov and Lev Sibiriakov 24404 3465L

Traviata (Verdi): Libiamo nei lieti calici with Nikolai Bolshakov 24445x 1139½r

Life for the Tsar (Glinka): Our hearts rejoice... Oh God, love our Tsar with Nikolai Bolshakov, Makarova and Lev Sibiriakov 24422 3454L

G&T, St Petersburg 1906

Oprichnik (Tchaikovsky): Little nightingale 2-23057 1140r

Rusalka (Dargomijsky): Once a husband asked his wife 2-23058 1141r

Faust (Gounod): Ah! je ris de me voir si belle 2-23097 1142r

Life for the Tsar (Glinka): I look over the bare field 2-23059 1143r

Life for the Tsar (Glinka): On the river's far side 2-23060  1144r

Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): I write to you 2-23062 1146r

Demon (Rubinstein): The night is calm 2-23064  1148r

Traviata (Verdi): Addio del passato 2-23065 1152½r

Lyrophon, St Petersburg 1907?

Nocturne (Chopin) Lyrophon Rss226a 226

G&T, St Petersburg 1907 (Autumn)

Faust (Gounod): Il était un roi de Thulé 2-23215 6311L

Faust (Gounod): Il m'aime 2-43149 6313L

Faust (Gounod): Il se fait tard with Alexander Davidov 24486 6314L

Faust (Gounod): Oui, c'est toi, je t'aime with Alexander Davidov 24488 6316L

Dubrovski (Napravnik): Ne jamais la voir ni l'entendre with Nikolai Bolshakov 24496 6461L

Darling girl (Dargomijsky) 2-43148 6327L

Why live and suffer alone? (Varlamov) 2-43150 6328L

Sunshine (Varlamov) 2-43151 6329L

Luchina, Luchinushka; Shall I go? (folk songs) 2-43152 6330L

Gramophone, St Petersburg 1908 (Autumn)

Life for the Tsar (Glinka): It is not for that I grieve 2-23354 7828L

Rusalka (Dargomyzhsky): Be tender towards him 2-23357 7835L

Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Saper vorreste 2-23358 7836L

Life for the Tsar (Glinka):  The rose which blooms with with Galina Nikitina, Andrei Labinsky and Lev Sibiryakov 2-24157 7839L

Life for the Tsar (Glinka): We must prepare with Galina Nikitina, Andrei Labinsky and Lev Sibiryakov 2-24158 7841L

Gramophone, St Petersburg 1909-10/11

Traviata (Verdi): Addio del passato 2-23442 6707r

Ständchen (Schubert) 2-23444 6710r

Serenata (Braga) 2-23441 6712r

Quand l'oiseau chante (Tagliafico) 2-23445 6713r

The angel (Rubinstein) with Eugenia Zbruyeva 2-24069 6735r

In the wild North (Dmitriev) with Alexander Daivdov and Vladimir Kastorsky 024031 1419s

Life for the Tsar (Glinka): The rose which blooms with Galina Nikitina, Andrei Labinsky and Lev Sibiryakov 024030  422s

Gramophone 25-1-10

The Maid of Orleans: Farewell, valleys with Vera Petrova-Zvantseva 023056 1924 ½c

Gramophone, Moskva 1910-08-29

Faust (Gounod): Seigneur, daignez permettre with Feodor Chaliapin 024039 2008½c

Gramophone, St Petersburg 1910-10-08

Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Did you hear? with Eugenia Zbruyeva 2-24132 14950b

Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach): Belle nuit 2-23518 14952b

Gramophone, St Petersburg 1910-10-11

Come to the dark shore (Villamov) 2-23526 14967b

Gramophone, St Petersburg 1911-10-11

Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): About what, Tanja with Eugenia Zbruyeva 024056 2481c