Background
PETRENKO, Yelizaveta was born on November 23, 1880 in Akhtyrka, Khar’kov Province.
PETRENKO, Yelizaveta was born on November 23, 1880 in Akhtyrka, Khar’kov Province.
1905 graduate North. A. lrctskaya’s class, Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory.
1905-1915 soloist, Mariinskiy Theater, then at Theater of People's Center. 1908-1914 performed with Chaliapine in “Russian Seasons Abroad” in London, Paris and Rome. 1917-1919 at Petrograd Musical Drama Theater, 1921-1922 at Moscow Musical Drama Theater.
Roles: Marfa and Marina in Moussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina” and “Boris Godunov”. Spring and Lyubasha in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Snegurochka (The Snow-Maiden) and Tsarskaya nevesta (The Bride of the Tsar). Delilah in Saini-Saens' “Samson and Delilah".
Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida”. Carmen in Bizet’s “Carmen”.