Background
Elizaveta Ivanovna Karakash (Popova) was born on September 6, 1889 Astrakhan', Russian Federation.
Elizaveta Ivanovna Karakash (Popova) was born on September 6, 1889 Astrakhan', Russian Federation.
Creative activity began in 1910. Elizaveta Ivanovna was a soloist of the Mariinsky Theater from 1912 to 1917. She sang in the theaters of Moscow ( the Bolshoi Theater, the Zimin Opera, the Hermitage Theater), Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov, Voronezh , the Bolshoi Soviet Theater). She performed with concert programs.
Later Elizaveta Ivanovna lived with her husband abroad. In 1944 she returned to her homeland. Was recorded on gramophone records. The main parts: Oksana, Liza, Tatiana, ("Cherevichki", "Eugene Onegin", "The Queen of Spades" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky), Tamara ("The Demon" by Anton Rubinstein), Chio-chio-san, Toska, Mimi ("Chio-chio-san", "Tosca", "La Boheme” by Giacomo Puccini), Margarita ('Faust" by Charles Gounod) and others.