Background
BOL’SHAKOV, Nikolay was born on November 23, 1874 in Khar’kov.
BOL’SHAKOV, Nikolay was born on November 23, 1874 in Khar’kov.
Studied singing under I.B. Pryanishnikov. Also studied at Saint St. Petersburg University.
1899 opera debut in Saint St. Petersburg. 1905-1929 soloist, Mariinskiy Theater. 1923-1935 instructor, from 1935 professor, Leningrad Conservatory.
Performed in Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and other European cities. Roles: Finn in Glinka’s Ruslan i Lyudmila (Ruslan and Ludmilla). Yurodivyy in Boris Godunov, Grishka Kulcr’ma in RimskyKorsakov’s Skazaniye o nevidimom grade Kitezhe ideve Fevronii (The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maid Fevroniya).
Khlopusha in Pashchenko’s Orlinyy bunt (Eagles Revolt). Pinkerton in ’’Madam Butterfly”. Lenskiy in Tchaikovsky’s Yevgeniy Onegin (Eugene Onegin).
German in Tchaikovsky’s Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades).