He studied singing in St. Petersburg under Zarembo and Richard Nouvel-Nordi (1907-1908), then he went to Paris and perfected under Carre and Jean De Reszke (1908). Probably he made his debut at the Opera-Comique in Paris, where he appeared in the 1908-1909 season. His repertoire included Nilakantha in ‘’Lakme’’, Mefistofele in ‘’Faust’’, ‘’Gremin’’ in ‘’Eugene Onegin’’, Pimen in ‘’Boris Godunov’’ etc.
Chronology of some appearances
1908-1909 Paris
Opera-Comique
1909 St. Petersburg
National House
1910-1912 Kiev Opera
1910 Kharkov Opera
1911-1918 St.
Petersburg National House
1912-1913 Odessa
Opera
1916 St. Petersburg Theater
of Musical Drama
1918-1922 Odessa
Opera
1922-1924 Kharkov
Russian National Opera
1924-1925 Odessa
Opera
1926-1927 Novosibirsk
Opera
1927-1928 Odessa
Opera
1928-1929 Saratov
Opera
1931-1932 Tashkent
Opera
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Artistopia, Kiev
Faust (Gounod): Tu che Fai L'addormentata 505
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Everyone knows love on earth 504
