| Maria Litvinenko-Volgemut | |
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| Born | Maria Ivanivna Litvinenko (1892-02-13)February 13, 1892 Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 3, 1966(1966-04-03) (aged 74) Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Baikove Cemetery |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (since 1944) |
| Spouse | H. Volgemut |
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Maria Ivanivna Litvinenko-Volgemut (Ukrainian: Марія Іванівна Литвиненко-Вольгемут; 13 February 1892 – 3 April 1966) was a Ukrainian opera singer and music teacher. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1936 and awarded the Stalin Prize in 1946.
Biography
Maria Litvinenko was born in Kiev, then part of the Russian Empire, on 13 February 1892, in the family of a worker of the Arsenal Factory.
From the age of seven she sang in the church choir, where she learnt solfeggio.
In 1912, she graduated from the Kiev School of Music of the Russian Musical Society (vocal class of M. Alekseeva-Yunevich).
In 1912–1914, she performed at the M. Sadovsky Theater in Kiev.
In 1914–1916, she performed at the Theater of Musical Drama [ru] in Petrograd (present-day Saint Petersburg).
In 1919, she was part of the first opera theater in Kiev, the Musical Drama (Kiev) [uk], with Les Kurbas and Anatol Petrytsky.
In 1920-1922 she was a soloist of a troupe organized by her, the "First Labor Cooperative of Ukrainian Artists" in Vinnytsia.
In 1923–1935, she was a soloist of the Ukrainian State Capital Opera (now the Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Mykola Lysenko).
In 1935-1953 she was a soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine. During the World War II they were evacuated to Ufa (1941-1942) and then to Irkutsk (1942-1944). During this period, she performed for the Red Army.
In 1944-1964 she taught at the Kiev Conservatory.
Maria Ivanovna Litvinenko-Volgemut died on 3 April 1966 in Kiev and buried in the Baikove Cemetery.
Awards
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- People's Artist of the USSR (1936)
- Stalin Prize (1946) for outstanding achievements in (soprano) opera performance.
- Order of Lenin (1946)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1936, 1948, 1951)
References
This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-by-sa 3.0. Text taken from Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine, НЕМКОВИЧ Олена Миколаївна, Institute of History of Ukraine.
- ^ НЕМКОВИЧ Олена Миколаївна (2009). ЛИТВИНЕНКО-ВОЛЬГЕМУТ МАРІЯ ІВАНІВНА. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Institute of History of Ukraine. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Litvinenko-Vol'gemut, Mariia Ivanovna". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979.
- ^ Швачко, Т. О. (2016). Литвиненко-Вольгемут Марія Іванівна. Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Frolova-Walker, Marina (2016). Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics. Yale University Press.
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Categories:- 1892 births
- 1966 deaths
- 20th-century Ukrainian women opera singers
- Musicians from Kyiv
- Academic staff of Kyiv Conservatory
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
- R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music alumni
- Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine
- Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Recipients of the Stalin Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Operatic sopranos from the Russian Empire
- Soviet music educators
- Soviet operatic sopranos
- Ukrainian music educators
- Ukrainian women music educators
- Ukrainian operatic sopranos
- Burials at Baikove Cemetery