Background
NEZHDANOVA, Antonina was born on July 17, 1873 in village Krivaya Balka, near Odessa.
NEZHDANOVA, Antonina was born on July 17, 1873 in village Krivaya Balka, near Odessa.
1902 graduate Mazetti’s class, Moscow Conservatory. Also studied singing under Rubinstein’s sister.
1902-1934 performed with Chaliapinc, Sobinov, etc at Moscow Bolshoy Theater. 1912 performed with great success at Paris Grand Opera. Also chamber singer; from 1924 singer and musical commentator, Soviet radio.
1936 taught at Bolshoy Theater Studio, then at Stanislavskiy’s Opera Studio, Odessa Conservatory named after her. Roles: Lyudmilla in Glinka’s “Ruslan and Lyudmilla”. Tat’yana in Tchaikovsky’s “Yevgeniy Onegin”.
Gilda in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”. Also appeared in: RimskyKorsakov’s Sneguroclika (The Snow-Maiden), “Sadko” and Zolotoy petushkok (The Golden Cockerel). Anlonida in Glinka’s Zhizn’ za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar).
Marfa in Tsarskaya nevesta (Bride of the Tsar). Michaela in “Carmen”. Margarite in “Faust,” et cetera