Alexander Kachenovsky (Bass) (St. Petersburg, Russia 19 (31). 5. 1884 - Voronezh, Russia 22. 8. 1935)

He studied singing in St. Petersburg under Zarembo and Richard Nouvel-Nordi (1907-1908), then he went to Paris and perfected under Carre and Jean De Reszke (1908). Probably he made his debut at the Opera-Comique in Paris, where he appeared in the 1908-1909 season. His repertoire included Nilakantha in ‘’Lakme’’, Mefistofele in ‘’Faust’’, ‘’Gremin’’ in ‘’Eugene Onegin’’, Pimen in ‘’Boris Godunov’’ etc.

Chronology of some appearances

1908-1909 Paris Opera-Comique

1909 St. Petersburg National House

1910-1912 Kiev Opera

1910 Kharkov Opera

1911-1918 St. Petersburg National House

1912-1913 Odessa Opera

1916 St. Petersburg Theater of Musical Drama

1918-1922 Odessa Opera

1922-1924 Kharkov Russian National Opera

1924-1925 Odessa Opera

1926-1927 Novosibirsk Opera

1927-1928 Odessa Opera

1928-1929 Saratov Opera

1931-1932 Tashkent Opera

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