Background
BUGAYSKIY, Boris was born on September 6, 1889.
BUGAYSKIY, Boris was born on September 6, 1889.
1918 graduate Moscow Conservatory, where he studied under U. Mazelti.
1919 stage debut with Zimin Opera Theater and Opera Studio, Bolshoy Theater. 1920-1951 soloist, Bolshoy Theater. Roles: Varlaam in Boris Godunov.
Prince Ivan Khovanskiy in Khovanshchina. Ivan the Terrible in Pskovityanka (The Woman of Pskov). Nilacantha in Lakme; the Standard-Bearer in Pototskiy’s Proryv (Break-Through).
Sashka and Plovtsev in Tikhiy Don (Quiet Flows the Don) and Podnyataya tselina (Virgin Soil Upturned), et cetera