Background
Vera Kirillovna Ryzvanovich (nee Baryshnikova) was born on May 04, 1926 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Vera Kirillovna Ryzvanovich (nee Baryshnikova) was born on May 04, 1926 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Vera Kirillovna sang in the children's choir at the Voronezh House of Pioneers. She studied at Voronezh College of Music (1944-1946, teacher N.I. Sinitsyna). Vera Kirillovna graduated from the vocal department of Moscow Conservatory (1951, class of professor K.G. Derzhinsky).
Vera Kirillovna was a soloist of theaters in Minsk (1951-1953), Dushanbe (1953-1960, participant of the decade of Tajik art in Moscow, (1957), Voronezh (1960-1980). Main parties: Nanny (in February 1961 at the opening of the Voronezh Musical Theater), Love, Countess ("Eugene Onegin", "Mazepa", "Queen of Spades" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky), Lyubasha ("Tsar's Bride" Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov), Aksinya (“Quiet Don” Ivan Ivanovich Dzerzhinsky), Nadezhda Petrovna, Old Woman ("Russian Woman", "Brest Fortress" Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov), Flora ("Daughter of Cuba" Konstantin Yakovlevich Listov), Nina Petrovna ("Long Roads" Alexander Georgievich Flyarkovsky), Azuchen, Amneris, Ulrika ("Troubadour", "AI yes", "Masquerade Ball" by Giuseppe Verdi) and others.
Vera Kirillovna constantly led a concert activity. Lecturer in the vocal department of Voronezh State Institute of Arts (1976-1991). Head of the studio of solo singing at the House of Culture of Trade Unions (1991-2003). Among the students - M.I. Podkopaev, soloist of the Opera and Ballet Theater, associate professor of Voronezh State Academy of Arts.
