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Tatyana Shlykova

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Tatyana Shlykova
Tatyana Shlykova
Born
Tatyana Vasilyevna Shlykova

1773
Died1863
Russian Empire
NationalityRussian
Other namesGranatova
Occupation(s)Ballerina, opera singer, actress
Parent(s)Vasily Shlykov
Elena Shlykova

Tatyana Shlykova, also known by her stage name Granatova (The Garnet) (Russian: Татьяна Васильевна Шлыкова-Гранатова; 1773–1863), was a Russian ballerina and opera singer.[1][2]

She was the daughter of Vasily Shlykov and Elena Shlykova, serfs of count Peter Borisovich Sheremetev, and trained in manners, recitation, French, Italian, music, singing and dancing to act in the famous Sheremetev theatre of serfs, where she was enrolled as its first ballet dancer in 1780.[3][4] She became a noted artist and performed in many leading ballet roles, both comic and dramatic, and was noted by empress Catherine the Great.[5] She was freed in 1803.

She died childless while serving as a monk.

References

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  1. ^ Naroditskaya, Inna (15 May 2017), "Serf Actresses in the Tsarinas' Russia: Social Class Cross-Dressing in Russian Serf Theaters of the Eighteenth Century 1", Musical Voices of Early Modern Women, Routledge, pp. 239–267, ISBN 978-1-315-24851-6, retrieved 4 October 2024
  2. ^ Roosevelt, Priscilla R. (1 September 1997). Life on the Russian Country Estate: A Social and Cultural History. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07262-4.
  3. ^ Ritzarev, Marina (5 July 2017). Eighteenth-Century Russian Music. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-56860-9.
  4. ^ Kuskovo: 18th-century Russian Estate and the Museum of Ceramics. Aurora Art Publishers. 1983.
  5. ^ Homans, Jennifer (2 November 2010). Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-679-60390-0.