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Georgy Baklanov (Georges Baklanoff) (Baritone) (1880 Riga, Latvia – Basel, Switzerland 1938)
His real name was George Bakkis. In 1900 he studied singing in Kiev with Martin Petz. From 1901 to 1902 and in 1904 Baklanoff was a pupil of the famous baritone, vocal pedagogue I. P. Pryanishnikov who has taken away Baklanoff to Milan where has acquainted him with the conductor of La Scala Vittorio Vanza who improved his voice from 1902 to 1903. Baklanoff made his opera debut in 1904 in Kiev as Amonasro in ‘’Aida’’. Here he appeared one season. During the same period he went on tour with private opera troupe in Kamenetz-Podolsk, Poltava, Jitomir. In 1905 he made his debut at the Sergei Zimin’s Opera Theatre as Demon in Rubinstein’s opera ‘’Demon’’. From 1905 to 1909 He sang at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre where he appeared in 14 operas. In 1913 he guested in Mariinsky Theatre where he appeared with famous soprano Lydia Lipkovska in ‘’Rigoletto’’. In 1913 Baklanoff also sang in National House, in 1915 in Kiev. He appeared with great succes in USA (Boston, Chicago, New York, 1909; New York MET as Rigoletto), London (1910, Covent Garden – ‘’Aida’’, ‘’Rigoletto’’ and ‘’Tosca’’), Vienna Staatsoper (Otello, Lakme, Don Giovanni 1910, 1911, from 1912 to 1916), Komische Oper in Berlin (here he created a sensation as Rigoletto in 1911), Buenos Aires (1911, Teatro Colon), Paris (‘’Eugene Onegin’’ 1911). From 1911 to 1914 and from 1915 to 1918 he appeared in Boston Opera. For example in 1914 in Monte Carlo he appeared with Enrico Caruso and Lydia Lipkovska in ‘’Rigoletto’’, with Giovanni Martinelli he sang in ‘’La Fanciulla del West’’. In Monte Carlo he performed with Salomea Kruszelnicka in ‘’Demon’’. In 1912 Baklanoff sang in Prague, in 1913 in Grand Opera of Paris. From 1917 to 1928 he was a principal member of Chicago Opera. From 1930 to 1932 Baklanoff lived in his own house in suburb of Berlin, then untill his death in Basel, Switzerland. During of his career he also appeared in Milan, Budapest, Leipzig, Philadelphia, Warsaw, Belgrad, Vienna, Dresden, Zagreb, Munich, Koln, Nьrnberg, Frankfurt am Main, Brno, Zurich, Sopot, Basel. He possessed a voice of phenomenal beauty, unusual force and a wide range. He had a natural musicality, dramatic talent and bright scenic appearance. Critics called him ''Russian Battistini''. He acted also in bass repertoire and appeared in concerts as Hermann in ''Queen of spades'' of Tchaikovsky. In 1906 he took part in the world premiere of Rachmaninov's two operas ''Francesca da Rimini'' and ''The Miserly Knight''.
Amleto: Nega se puoi la luce with Lydia Lipkovska Gramophone 054476 736m
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