Background
LOSSKJY, Vladimir was born on June 30, 1874 in Kiev.
LOSSKJY, Vladimir was born on June 30, 1874 in Kiev.
Took singing lessons from K. Everardi in Saint St. Petersburg. 1899 graduate Kiev University.
1899 joined Moscow Private Opera House. 1901-1905 singer, Kiev Private Opera House. 1905-1906 again at Moscow Private Opera House.
From 1906 soloist, 1920-1928 chief producer, Bolshoy Theater. Also produced operas in Sverdlovsk, Tbilisi, Leningrad, et cetera 1920-1926 appeared in shows at Musical Studio, Moscow Academy Arts Theater.
1934-1936 and 1943-1946 again producer, Bolshoy Theater. Also taught singing at Moscow, Kiev and Odessa conservatories. Roles: Don Bartholo in “The Barber of Seville”.
The Englishman in Auber’s “Gra Diavolo”. Skoromokh in Skazka o tsare Saltalne (The Talc of Emperor Saltan). The Scribe in May skaya nock’ (A May Night).
Duda in “Sadko”; Skula in Knyaz’ Igor’ (Prince Igor). Productions: at Bolshoy Theater. KavkazSkty plennik (The Caucasian Prisoner) (1909).
Snegurochka (The Snow-Maiden) (1911). “Iolanthe” (1917); “Aida” (1922). “Lohengrin” (1923); “Boris Godunov” (1927).
“Sadko” (1935); Knyaz’ Igor’ (Prince Igor) (1944). Rusalka (1944); at Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater: Skazka o tsare Saltane (The Tale of Emperor Saltan) (1937). “Lohengrin” (1941); ar Sverdlovsk Theater of Opera and Ballet: “Boris Godunov” (1928-1929).
Ruslan i Lyudmila (Ruslan and Ludmilla) (1929-1930). “Lohengrin” 11934); at Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater: "Prince Igor” (1930). At Odessa Theater of Opera and Ballet: “The Huguenots”.
“Aida” (1919-1920); “The Barber of Seville” (1937-1938). “Ivan Susanin”; Chishko’s Bronenosets Potyomkin (The Battleship Potyomkin) (1930-1940).