Semenov Nimfodora S. (1788 – 3/28/1876) – (in marriage Lestrelen on billboards – Semenov "less") – Artist of the opera troupe of the Imperial Theatres, St. Catherine's younger sister was born into land the family, she studied at the Theatre School, after which the enlisted was from 11 August 1809 in the drama troupe at the line "innocent" with a salary of 400 rubles. per year and 150 USD. apartment. Education of drama involved in the book. Shakhovskaya. The first drew attention to the outstanding voice means C. bandmaster Kavos and was strongly advised her to study singing. SA followed the advice and began taking singing lessons from Cavos and soon moved permanently to the opera troupe. Well with the their on stage SA was required to a good game: in this respect have rendered a useful service to her lessons Shakhovsky. But the singer was pretty mediocre S.; her voice lacked the flexibility and accuracy, the technique of singing was not sufficiently developed, and in general the vocal side execution of roles was very far from perfect, the reason is that SA too late to start to learn to sing. To a large, of course, the degree of favor with the audience to SG due to its dazzling beauty, about which so many raves preserved in the modern theater reviews. Judging by the descriptions, SA was indeed a rare beauty in a classical style – tall, slim, with an extraordinarily delicate complexion, with blue eyes and a big jet black hair (AY-Golovachova Panaewa). The greatest success fell to the lot of those roles in SA, to the character actress whose most appropriately suited his appearance, or which has been particularly spectacular. Thus, the performance of the role of "priestess" (in Spontini's opera) caused endless delight for the audience precisely because SA in this role could be a model for reproduction of fine type of the classical Roman, before approaching his appearance actress for this role. Also, if the secret of success in her one-act opera Duke. Shakhovsky New turmoil "due to the fact that" here (in the words of P. Zotov) playing, singing and beauty so well blended that amounted to something inimitable, delightful. " Then, rather characteristic is presented and the fact that the performance of the role of John (in op. Caraffa "Joan of Arc or the maid of Orleans"), the chief delight the audience called it "the first exit in her elegant dress-martial." The repertoire is very extensive and S. embraced the following roles: Benjamin (in the opera Megyulya "Joseph the Beautiful"), Zoraimy (Zoraima and Zyulnar "Boelde) Evharisy (in the opera" Telemachus on the island of Calypso "), Servilia (" Titus midoserdie Mozart ), Julie (Romeo and Julie "Shteybelta) Miloliki (Dobrinya, or terrible lock" Cavos and Antonolini), Countess Syurvel ("A novel, or the whole day in the adventures of" Megyulya), Rose ("Little Red Riding Hood" Boelde ), Matilda ("Elizabeth, Queen of England" by Rossini), Anete ("Thieving Magpie" by Rossini), Natasha ("The woman Sleepwalker" Cavos), Izora ("Magic forest, or Sleeping Beauty" Vishnyakova), Rose (Young hot-tempered wife "Boelde) Izora (Raul Bluebeard"), Agnes ("Father and Daughter" Pera), Caroline ("Secret Marriage" Cimarosa), Elvira ("Roger of Sicily" Bearton), Camille ("Dungeons Castle Ubaldo" Pera) and many others left the theater SA in 1831 with a pension of four thousand rubles. from the Cabinet. From the graph you. Valent. Musin-Pushkin († 1835) SA had three daughters. Five years after the death actress married to a French citizen Lestrelen. In literary circles C in high esteem: Pushkin, Griboyedov Gnedich, Vol. Shakhovskoi, Zhukovsky, Katenin were part of her guests. With a loving, compassionate heart, an artist was making a lot of good to the poor and needy. It sheltered some poor girls and brought on a par with their daughters. In an environment of small theater workers was a custom, per her generosity, invite her godmother, actress and nobody denied: in one of the register of the church at the Theatre School has recorded more than two hundred godchildren and her goddaughter. For many families of singers, defendants even theatrical carpenters, watchmen, SA was constant benefactress. In old age, ten years before his death, S., and sister, as it had some bad luck: she lost her vision. It is a misfortune she bore with remarkable hardness, without changing his gentle, friendly disposition. Um. S. in St. Petersburg. March 28, 1876 was interred in the cemetery Novodevichy Monastery. Arapov, "Annals of the Russian theater, St. Petersburg., 1861. – M.K., "The History of Opera", Moscow, 1874. – N. Starodub, "Artist of Semenov, Russian Antiquities, 1873, Vol VII. – R. Zotov, "And my memories of the theater, Pantheon, 1840, the I – II. – Memoirs AY Golovachova-Panaeva. – Obituaries: "Sheet Music", 1876, № 24 – 25, "The Voice", 1876, № 94; "People's School", 1876, № 5, and others – "Two impromptu game at the recent SA presentation "Women lunatic" placed in Moscow Gazette, 1828, Part II. K. Hranevich.
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