| Maksimilian Karlovich Maksakov | |
| Birth Name: | Max Schwartz |
| Birth Date: | 1869 |
| Birth Place: | Czernowitz, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Date: | 26 March 1936 |
| Death Place: | Moscow, USSR |
| Occupation: | Opera singer, theatre director, music professor |
| Spouse: | Maria Maksakova |
Maksimilian Karlovich Maksakov (Максимилиа′н Ка′рлович Макса′ков, also known as Max Maksakov, real name Max Schwartz; 1869 in Chernivtsi, Duchy of Bukovina, Austria-Hungary — March 26, 1936 in Moscow, USSR) — was an Austrian/Russian opera singer (dramatic baritone) and music teacher. As a theater director, entrepreneur and later Russian Academy of Theatre Arts professor, Maksakov has made a considerable impact on the development of performance arts in Russia, especially in the province. His best known protégé was a renowned Soviet mezzo-soprano Maria Maksakova Sr. whom he married in 1920.[1] [2]