Maria Litvinenko-Volgemut Explained

Maria Litvinenko-Volgemut
Native Name Lang:uk
Birth Name:Maria Ivanivna Litvinenko
Birth Date:13 February 1892
Birth Place:Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Resting Place:Baikove Cemetery
Spouse:H. Volgemut
Party:Communist Party of the Soviet Union (since 1944)
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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 in Petrograd (present-day Saint Petersburg).

In 1919, she was part of the first opera theater in Kiev, the, 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Frolova-Walker, Marina. Stalin's Music Prize: Soviet Culture and Politics. 2016. Yale University Press.