Vassili Vassilyevich Nebolsin (russian: Василий Васильевич Небольсин; 11 June (30 May O.S.) 1898 – 29 October 1958) was a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

conductor. He studied at the college of the

Moscow Philharmonic The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1951 by Samuil Samosud, as the Moscow Youth Orchestra for young and inexperienced musicians, acquiring its current name in 1953. It is most associated wit ...

and became conductor of the orchestra in 1918. He became

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

master of the Bolshoi in 1920 and its conductor in 1922. He taught at the

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from 1940 to 1945. The

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was awarded him in 1950.

Selected discography

Russian operas: *

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , group=n ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally. He wrote some of the most popu ...

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Евгений Оне́гин, ромáн в стихáх, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn, r=Yevgeniy Onegin, roman v stikhakh) is ...

. Glafira Joukovskaya (Tatyana),

Sergei Lemeshev Sergei Yakovlevich Lemeshev (russian: Серге́й Я́ковлевич Ле́мешев; – 27 June 1977) was a Soviet and Russian opera singer and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Biography Early life and career Lemeshev was ...

(Lenski), Panteleimon Nortzov (Onegin),

Alexander Pirogov Alexander Stepanovich Pirogov (russian: Алекса́ндр Степа́нович Пирого́в; 1899–1964), was a Russian bass opera singer. Pirogov was born in Ryazan, one of five sons of a musical father. Four of the five brothers beca ...

(Gremin), Anatoly Yakhontov (Zaretski), Bronislava Zlatogorova (Olga), Konkordiya Antarova (Filipyevna), Maria Boutienina (Larina), Ivan Kovalenko (Triquet). Bolshoi 1936 *

Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

Khovanshchina ''Khovanshchina'' ( rus, Хованщина, , xɐˈvanʲɕːɪnə, Ru-Khovanshchina_version.ogg, sometimes rendered ''The Khovansky Affair'') is an opera (subtitled a 'national music drama') in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The work was writt ...

, Alexei Krivchenya, Grigory Bolshakov, Nikander Khanaev, Alexei Ivanov,

Mark Reizen Mark Osipovich Reizen, also Reisen or Reyzen (russian: Марк Осипович Рейзен, – November 25, 1992), PAU, was a leading Soviet opera basso singer. Life and career Reizen was born into a Jewish family of mine workers i ...

, Maria Kaksakova, Bolshoi 1950 *

: Mazeppa; Ivanov, Petrov, Davidova, Pokrovkaya, Bolshoi 1952 *

: Boris Godunov; Pirogov, Allaxverdov, Kayagina, Verbitskaja, Bolshoi 1954 * Napravnik: Dubrovsky Kozlovsky, Petrov, Vervitskaya, Godovkin, Malishev. Bolshoi 1954 *

Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

: Invisible City of Kitezh, Petrov, Bolshoi 1956 *

: Tsar Saltan, Petrov, E. Smolenskaya, E. Verbitzkaya, Bolshoi, studio recording 1958?, released posthumously by Melodiya, 1959. Foreign operas sung in Russian: *

Gounod Charles-François Gounod (; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been ''Faust (opera), Faust'' (1859); his ''Roméo et Juliette'' (18 ...

: Roméo et Juliette, Lemeshev, Maslennikova, Burlak, Mikhailov, Bolshoi 1947 *

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, Shumskaya, Reizen, Bolshoi 1952 *

Bizet Georges Bizet (; 25 October 18383 June 1875) was a French composer of the Romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, '' Carmen'', which has become o ...

: Carmen, Borisenko, Nelepp, Shumskaya, Ivanov, Koziezmia, Duoumanian, Bolshoi 1952 Film: *

: Boris Godunov. Pirogov, Kozlovlsky, Bolshoi 1954 (108 Min.) remastered for DVD by the Italian company VAI 2004

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