Boris Khaikin
Boris Emmanuilovich Khaikin[1] (Russian: Борис Эммануилович Хайкин; Belarusian: Барыс Эмануілавіч Хайкін; 26 October [O.S. 13 October] 1904 – 10 May 1978) was a Soviet and Russian 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.[2] 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)[3]
- Vlasov and Fere; The Witch (based on the story by Chekhov).
Footnotes[edit]
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
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