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Pavel Gerasimovich Lisitsian (Russian: Павел Герасимович Лисициан, Armenian: Պավել (Պողոս) Գերասիմի Լիսիցյան) (November 6, 1911 – July 6, 2004), was a Soviet baritone opera singer who performed in the Bolshoi Opera, Moscow from 1940 until his retirement from stage in 1966.

Biography

He was born into an Armenian family living in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, where his father was a mineworker. Pavel first worked in diamond drilling, then as a welder apprentice hoping to follow his father's steps. He first began to sing in a church choir before moving to Leningrad to study cello (1930).

As a strong-voiced soloist of a local amateur group he was commissioned to the Leningrad Conservatory.

He started his vocal career in the Maly Leningrad State Opera Theatre and then in the Yerevan Opera House, where he performed the leads for three years.

From 1940 to 1966, Pavel Lisitsian was the soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre and performed parts of Yeletsky, Onegin, Mazepa, and Robert (in Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, Evgenie Onegin, Mazepa, and Iolanta respectively), Germont and Amonasro (in Verdi's Traviata and Aida), Escamilo (in Bizet’s Carmen), Tatul (Spendiarov’s Almast), Arsaces II (Arshak II) (Chuhadzhyan's Arshak II), Napoleon (in Prokofiev's War and Peace), and others.

During a concert tour of the US in 1960, he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Amonasro. He died in Moscow art age 92.

His daughters Karina and Ruzanna are successful opera singers who frequently perform together. His grand daughter pianist Elena Lisitsian lives in New York City and his grandson Paul Asoyan lives in Encinitas, California.

Sources

• (in English) Biography
• Horst Seeger, Opernlexikon, 4th ed. 1989, Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft Berlin, GDR, ISBN 3-362-00014-2 (in German)
• Oxford Music Online, Alan Blyth: "Lisitsyan, Pavel Gerasim" (subscription required)

На других языках

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[de] Pawel Gerassimowitsch Lisizian

Pawel Gerassimowitsch Lisizian (russisch Павел Герасимович Лисициан; * 6. November 1911 in Wladikawkas; † 6. Juli 2004 in Moskau) war ein russisch-armenischer Bariton. Er galt international als bedeutendster sowjetischer Opern- und Liedsänger dieser Stimmlage seiner Generation.

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- [en] Pavel Lisitsian

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[es] Pável Lisitsián

Pável Guerásimovich Lisitsián (en ruso, Па́вел Гера́симович Лисициа́н, nacido Pogos Karapetovich, Погос Карапетович; 6 de noviembre de 1911 - 6 de julio de 2004) fue un famoso barítono ruso de destacadísima actuación en el Teatro Bolshói de Moscú entre 1940 y 1966. Junto al rumano Nicolae Herlea y el estoniano Georg Ots representó lo mejor de la generación baritonal en Europa del Este.

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[ru] Лисициан, Павел Герасимович

Па́вел Гера́симович Лисициа́н (арм. Պավել Գերասիմի Լիսիցյան; 24 октября [6 ноября] 1911, Владикавказ, Терская область, Российская империя — 6 июля 2004, Москва, Россия) — советский, российский и армянский оперный и камерный певец (баритон), педагог. Народный артист СССР (1956).

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