Eugenia Bronska Makaroff
Persona
soprano
San Pietroburgo, Russia / San Pietroburgo, Russia
Biografia
morta nel 1953
fonte: biblioteche.comune.trieste (thesauro)
Eugenia Bronskaja (Bronskaya) (Soprano) (St. Petersburg 1882- St. Petersburg 1952)
She studied first with her mother in St. Petersburg, who had been a known singer under the name Mme E. de Hacké. Later she studied with famous polish soprano Teresa Arkel in Milan. She made her opera debut in Hall of Merchant assembly, St. Petersburg (17 oct., 1900). In 1901 Bronskaja appeared in Opera theatre ‘’Arkadia’’, St. Petersburg. In the 1901-1902 season she appeared in Tbilis Opera, then she sang in Opera Theatre ‘’Aquarium’’, St. Petersburg. In 1902 she sang in Moscow Opera Theatre ‘’Aquarium’’. In the 1902-1903 season she appeared in opera theatres of Kiev, Odessa, 1904-1905 in Opera Theatre of Solodovnikov. In the same time she gusted in Kharkov, Odessa. 1906-1907 she sang at the National House of St. Petersburg. In 1905 she appeared in France, Theatre ‘’Olimpia’’ (1906/7), Milan, La Scala (1907), Teatro La Felice, Venice, where she performed Tatyana in the Venice première of Tchaikovsky’s ‘’Eugene Onegin’’ with his husband, opera singer Georgi Makarov. In Italy she also appeared at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome (1908, as Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’).Then she appeared in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia (here she sang with Enrico Caruso). She returned to Italy and sang in Parma, Trieste, Bologna, Verona, Florence. From 1910 to 1923 Bronskaja was a soloist at the Mariinski Theatre, St. Petersburg, where she debuted as Violetta in ‘’La Traviata’’. She also appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, it was in 1911-1912. From 1923 to 1950 she taught at the Leningrad Conservatory. She possessed protruding beauty, an equal voice in all registers of a pleasant ‘’silver’’ timbre and the extensive range, a clear and distinct coloratura.
Chronology of some appearances
1905 France Olimpia Theatre
1907 Milan La Scala
1907 Venice Teatro La Fenice
1908 Rome Costanzi
1909 Boston Opera House
1910 Chicago Auditorium
1910 Pittsburgh Nixon Theatre
1910 St. Louis Odeon Theatre
fonte: forgottenoperasingers.