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Vassili Nebolsin

1898 – 1958

Russian conductor

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Lived 1898 – 1958 (aged 59–60). Vassili Nebolsin was a Russian conductor, music educator, musician and choir director.

Vassili Vassilyevich Nebolsin (; 11 June (30 May O.S.) 1898 – 29 October 1958) was a Russian conductor. He studied at the college of the Moscow Philharmonic and became conductor of the orchestra in 1918. He became choir master of the Bolshoi in 1920 and its conductor in 1922. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1940 to 1945. The Stalin Prize was awarded him in 1950.

Selected discography Russian operas: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Glafira Joukovskaya (Tatyana), Sergei Lemeshev (Lenski), Panteleimon Nortzov (Onegin), Alexander Pirogov (Gremin), Anatoly Yakhontov (Zaretski), Bronislava Zlatogorova (Olga), Konkordiya Antarova (Filipyevna), Maria Boutienina (Larina), Ivan Kovalenko (Triquet). Bolshoi 1936 Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, Alexei Krivchenya, Grigory Bolshakov, Nikander Khanaev, Alexei Ivanov, Mark Reizen, Maria Kaksakova, Bolshoi 1950 Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa; Ivanov, Petrov, Davidova, Pokrovkaya, Bolshoi 1952 Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Pirogov, Allaxverdov, Kayagina, Verbitskaja, Bolshoi 1954 Napravnik: Dubrovsky Kozlovsky, Petrov, Vervitskaya, Godovkin, Malishev. Bolshoi 1954 Rimsky-Korsakov: Invisible City of Kitezh, Petrov, Bolshoi 1956 Rimsky-Korsakov: Tsar Saltan, Petrov, E. Smolenskaya, E. Verbitzkaya, Bolshoi, studio recording 1958?, released posthumously by Melodiya, 1959.

Foreign operas sung in Russian: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, Lemeshev, Maslennikova, Burlak, Mikhailov, Bolshoi 1947 Gounod: Faust, Shumskaya, Reizen, Bolshoi 1952 Bizet: Carmen, Borisenko, Nelepp, Shumskaya, Ivanov, Koziezmia, Duoumanian, Bolshoi 1952

Film: Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov. Pirogov, Kozlovlsky, Bolshoi 1954 (108 Min.)

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Important facts

Born
1898, Kharkiv
Birth century
Nationality
Employers
Moscow Conservatory
Awards
Stalin Prize; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; People's Artist of the RSFSR; Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; Order of the Badge of Honour; Honored Artist of the RSFSR; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
Also known as
Vasilij V. Nebolʹsin, Vassili Vassilyevich Nebolsin, Nebolsin Vasiliy Vasilievich

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Who was Vassili Nebolsin?

Russian conductor (1898–1958)

When was Vassili Nebolsin born?

Vassili Nebolsin was born in 1898 in Kharkiv.

When did Vassili Nebolsin die?

Vassili Nebolsin died on 29 October 1958 in Moscow.

What was Vassili Nebolsin's occupation?

Vassili Nebolsin was a conductor, music educator, musician and choir director.

What nationality was Vassili Nebolsin?

Vassili Nebolsin was Russian.

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