Boris Khaikin
Boris Khaikin Барыс Хайкін | |
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Born | 26 October [O.S. 13 October] 1904 Minsk, Russian Empire (present-day Belarus) |
Died | 10 May 1978 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 73)
Genres | Classical |
Occupation | Conductor |
Boris Emmanuilovich Khaikin[a] (26 October [O.S. 13 October] 1904 – 10 May 1978) was a Soviet conductor who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1972.
Biography
[edit]Khaikin was born in Minsk, then part of the Russian Empire. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nicolai Malko and Konstantin Saradzhev.[1] He was artistic director of the Little Leningrad Opera Theatre in 1936-43 and the principal conductor at the Kirov Theatre in 1944–53, where he conducted the première of Sergei Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery on 3 November 1946. He moved to the Bolshoi Theatre in 1954.
He died in Moscow, and was buried in the Donskoye Cemetery.
Discography
[edit]Khaikin is noted for his two critically acclaimed recordings of Khovanshchina: a 1946 edition with Mark Reizen, and a 1972 version with Irina Arkhipova. His record of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's little known early first symphony received good notices. Khaikin also recorded several operas and ballets by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, notably a Eugene Onegin with Galina Vishnevskaya and Sergei Lemeshev.
Other opera recordings include:
- Mikhail Glinka; A Life for the Tsar (in the Ivan Susanin version), 1960.
- Alexander Dargomyzhsky; Stone Guest with the USSR Radio Chorus and Symphony, 1959.
- Anton Rubinstein; The Demon.
- Kirill Molchanov; The Unknown Soldier.
- Näcip Cihanov; Musa Dzhalil (opera-poem based on the life of Soviet Tatar poet Musa Cälil)[2]
- Vlasov and Fere; The Witch (based on the story by Chekhov).
Notes
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- Belarusian: Барыс Эмануілавіч Хайкін, romanized: Barys Emanuilavich Khaykin
- Russian: Борис Эммануилович Хайкин, romanized: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin
- Sometimes romanized as Khajkin and Chaikin.
References
[edit]- Bolshoi Theatre: Biography of Boris Khaykin, in Russian. URL last accessed 31 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- B. Khajkin at IMDb Retrieved on July 19, 2006.
- N.N.:"The Bolshoi Theatre". Archived from the original on June 12, 2002. Retrieved July 19, 2006. . Archived URL last accessed July 19, 2006.
- Naxos biography Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine