Acting
Nikita Storojev
Born — Died
1950-01-01 — 2023-04-17
Place of birth
Harbin, China
Known for
Acting
Credits
2 titles
Nikita Leonidovich Storozhev (Russian: Никита Леонидович Сторожев; 1950 – 17 April 2023) was a Russian-American bass opera singer. Storojev was born in 1950 in Harbin, China. His family moved back to Russia in 1955. He studied philosophy at the University of Sverdlovsk from 1970 to 1972, but then turned to music, studying voice at the Mussorgsky Conservatory of Yekaterinburg from 1972 to 1975, and then at the Moscow Conservatory from 1975 to 1978. Among his teachers were Ian Voutiras and renowned Russian bass Evgeny Nesterenko. Upon winning the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition, he became principal soloist for five years in the Bolshoi Theatre and the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Nikita …
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Le monde est à vous
1987
NRShostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, a lurid tale of sex, murder, and corruption, premiered in 1934 and was a success until Stalin saw it two years later, resulting in a Pravda review that viciously condemned it. It was later replaced by an expurgated version, now called Katerina Ismailova after the work's principal character. The original version has now reclaimed its place on international stages. The heroine is the daughter-in-law of Boris, a greedy, lecherous merchant, and the frustrated wife of his impotent son. Katerina poisons Boris and when her husband returns she and her lover, Sergei, kill him too, burying him in the cellar. The body is discovered during their wedding party. Haunted by guilt, Katerina confesses and the newlyweds are consigned to Siberia. When Sergei takes up with another woman, Katerina pushes her into the river and then jumps in herself.
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
2007