Pavel Lisitsian; "You Wrote to Me"; (Sung in Russian); EUGENE ONEGIN; Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovky

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. =============== Pavel Lisitsian--baritone Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater 1948 ================ "Pavel Lisitsian Written by Neil Kurtzman | 7th February 2018 Pavel Lisitsian (1911-2004) was a Russian baritone of Armenian heritage. He started work as a laborer. When his vocal talent was recognized he trained at the Leningrad Conservatory. His vocal career started in that city at the Maly Leningrad State Opera. From 1940 until his retirement from the opera stage in 1966 he was a principal baritone at the Bolshoi theater in Moscow. He gave an astounding 1800 performances with that company. He continued as a recital artist for years after he left the opera house. He was both an inspiration and friend to Dmitri Hvorostovsky who enjoyed the fame in the West that would have been Lisitsian’s had he lived in a different era. As the Soviet Union lessened travel restrictions he appeared in many European venues, in Japan, and in the United States. As part of an American tour he gave a single performance at the Met as Amonasro in Aida in 1960 – the day before Leonard Warren died onstage at that theater. He sang in Russian while everyone else sang the Italian text. Lisitsian’s voice is described by those who heard him in performance as lyrical and not extraordinarily large. On records he sound like a dark voiced baritone with an even tone that proceeds effortlessly up to a high A without any...