Background
ZARUDNAYA, Varvara was born on December 17, 1857 in Yekaterinoslav.
ZARUDNAYA, Varvara was born on December 17, 1857 in Yekaterinoslav.
1882 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory.
Took part in Balakirev, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov’s musical soirees. Performed at opera theaters in Kiev and Tiflis. Together with the composer MAI. Ippolitov-Ivanov (her husband from 1883), helped found Tiflis Musical College.
1893—1924 professor, Moscow Conservatory. Roles: Ruf’ and Zorayya in Ippolitov-Ivanov’s “RuF” and “Azra”. Mariya in Tchaikovsky’s “Mazepa”.
The Godmother in Tchaikovsky’s Charodeyka (The Sorceress), et cetera