Background
PREOBRAZHENSKAYA, Sofya was born on September 27, 1904 in St. Petersburg.
PREOBRAZHENSKAYA, Sofya was born on September 27, 1904 in St. Petersburg.
1928 graduated Leningrad Conservatory.
From 1928 soloist, State Academy Opera and Ballet Theater. 1941-1944 performed free for Soviet Army and Navy units. 1949-1953 professor, Leningrad Conservatory.
Roles: Marfa in Moussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina”. Jeanne d’Arc in Tchaikovsky’s Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orleans). The Princess in Tchaikovsky’s Charodeyka (The Sorceress).
Yefro- sin’ya in Kabalevskiy’s Sem’ya Tarasa (Taras’ Family). Marina Mnishek in Moussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov”, etc.