Background
DERZHINSKAYA, Kseniya was born on January 25, 1889 in Kiev. Daughter of a teacher.
DERZHINSKAYA, Kseniya was born on January 25, 1889 in Kiev. Daughter of a teacher.
Studied singing under Ye. I. Terian-Korganova in Saint St. Petersburg.
1913-1914 with Scrgiycvskiy People's Center Opera Company in Moscow. 1915-1948 with Bolshoy Theater. 1926 performed in Paris.
From 1947 professor, Moscow Conservatory. Roles: Liza, Mariya and Naslas’ya in Tchaikovsky’s Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades), Mazeppa and Charodeyka (The Sorceress). Yaroslavna in Borodin’s Knyaz ’ Igor’ (Prince Igor’).
Brunhild in Wagner’s ’’Walküre”. Margarethe in Gounod’s ’’Faust” et cetera