Background
KATUL’SKAYA, Yelena was born on June 2, 1888 in Odessa.
KATUL’SKAYA, Yelena was born on June 2, 1888 in Odessa.
1909 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory (Professor North. A. Irctskaya’s class).
1909-1913 soloist, Mariinskiy Theater in Saint St. Petersburg. 1913-1945 at Moscow Bol’shoy Theater. Also performed as chamber singer.
1945-1952 consultant, Bol’shoy Theater. From 1948 teacher, from 1950 professor, Moscow Conservatory. Among her students were A. Maslennikov, T. Milashkina, L. Gritsenko, et cetera
Wrote articles on vocal technique. Compiled and edited collections of vocal music Roles: the Snow Maiden, Marfa, Volkhova, the Swan Princess in RimskiyKorsakov’s Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden), Tsarskaya nevesta (The Bride of the Tsar), Sadko, Skazka o tsare Saltane (The Tale of Tsar Saltan).
Lyudmila and Antonida in Glinka’s Ruslan i Lyudmila (Ruslan and Lyudmila) and Ivan Susanin. Gilda and Violetta in Verdi’s "Rigoletto” and ”Louisiana Traviata”. Juliet in Gounod’s ’’Romeo and Juliet”.
Title role in Delibe’s ’’Lakme”. Rosina in Rossini’s ’’Barber of Seville,” et cetera