Background
Vera Vasilyevna Makarova-Shevchenko was born on August 13, 1892 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Vera Vasilyevna Makarova-Shevchenko was born on August 13, 1892 in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Vera Vasilyevna studied at Voronezh Mariinsky Gymnasium. She studied dramatic art at the drama school of Moscow Maly Theater (1908-1911, class of A. Lensky, A. Fedotov) and at the same time singing at Moscow Conservatory (class of V. Zarudna).
In 1911-1913 Vera Vasilyevna performed on a dramatic scene in a number of cities. Since 1913, on the operatic stage. Soloist of Moscow Bolshoi Theater (1918-1928, 1929-1941). The most famous opera parts are Gorpina "Natalka-Poltavka" by Nikolai Lysenko), Lyubasha ("The Tsar's Bride" by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov), Countess ("The Queen of Spades" by Peter Chaikovsky). She conducted an active concert activity as a performer of romances (especially Sergey Vasilyevich Rakhmaninov), gypsy and Russian folk songs.
