He made his debut in Russia in 1917. In 1927 he
was a member of the Russian Opera in Paris created by Maria Kusnetsova. In 1928 he appeared at Grand Opera
as Damitri in ‘’Boris Godunov’’. In 1929 he made his debut at the Buenos Aires
Teatro Colon and then went to London to perform
at Lyceum Theater in ‘’Sadko’’. In
Chicago in 1929-30 he sang Leopold in ‘’La Juive’’ with Rosa Raisa, Charles
Marshall, and Alexander Kipnis. He also sang the King of the Fools in ‘’Louise’’
with Mary Garden, Rene Maison, Maria Claessens, and Vanni Marcoux. The
following season (1930–31) he sang Ramon in ‘’La Navarraise’’, Gaston in ‘’Camille’’
by Hamilton Forrest with Garden and Charles Hackett, and also Cassio in ‘’Otello’’
with Marshall, Claudia Muzio, and Vanni-Marcoux. In 1932 he sang at Roma Opera
the part of Vladimir in ‘’Prince Igor’’. He retired in Paris, where he appears
to have evaded the rafle du Vél' d'hiv in July 1942, but was arrested in 1943
and sent to Drancy. He died on a train headed for a concentration camp,
presumably Auschwitz, in Poland.
Chronology of some appearances
1927 Paris Russian
Opera
1928 Paris Grand
Opera
1929 Buenos Aires
Teatro Colon
1929 London Lyceum
Theater
1929 Chicago Opera
1930 Chicago Opera
1931 Chicago Opera
1932 Roma Opera
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