Elizabeth Sandunova

Elizabeth Semyonovna Sandunova, also known as Uranova (Russian: Елизавета Семёновна Сандунова; 1772/76 – 3 December 1826), was a Russian Empire stage actress and operatic mezzo-soprano and the wife of Sila Sandunov.

Life

She was born Elizaveta Semyonovna Fyodorova.[1] She was an opera student of Giovanni Paisiello and Vicente Martín-i-Soler, and an actor student of Ivan Dmitrevsky at the theatre school of Saint Petersburg. She debuted in 1790. She was considered not only to have a wonderful operatic voice, but also to be a talented dramatic actress. She was ordered to take the stage name "Uranova" by Catherine, in honor of the newly discovered planet Uranus.[1]

In 1791, she was married at the royal chapel in the presence of the empress Catherine the Great.

In 1794–1812, she was active in Moscow, where she made a huge success in a patriotic opera during the war of 1812. She returned to Saint Petersburg in 1813.

References

  • А. Шадрин. Шутка, или Наказанное вельможество/ Судьба таланта. Театр в дореволюционной России. Сост., вступ. ст. и коммент. Л. В. Маньковой.— М.: Правда, 1990, с.с. 19–64.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Geoffrey Norris (2001). "Sandunova, Yelizaveta Semyonovna". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.


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