Alexander Pavlovich Ognivtsev |
Alexander Ognivtsev
Date of birth
27.08.1920
Date of death
08.09.1981
Profession
singer
Voice type
bass
Country
the USSR
People’s Artist of the USSR (1965). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the first degree (1951). Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater since 1949 (debut as Dosifey). 1st performer on the Russian stage of the roles of Theseus in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1965), the General in Prokofiev’s The Gambler (1974), a participant in the world premieres of a number of modern operas. He toured abroad, acted in films (“Aleko”, 1954, the title role and others). Other parties include Boris Godunov, Gremin, Philip II, Basilio, Mephistopheles. Among the recordings of the party are Gremin (conducted by Rostropovich, Le Chant du Monde), Dosifei (conducted by Khaikin, Le Chant du Monde).
E. Tsodokov
