Name Alexander Pirogov Role Opera Singer | Siblings Grigory Pirogov | |
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Died June 26, 1964, Moscow, Russia Movies Boris Godunov, A Requiem For Mozart, The Great Singers of Russia: Vol. 1 People also search for Grigory Pirogov, Vera Stroyeva, Vladimir Gorikker | ||
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Alexander Stepanovich Pirogov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Степа́нович Пирого́в; 1899–1964) was a Russian bass opera singer.
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Pirogov was born in Ryazan, one of five sons of a musical father. Four of the five brothers became singers, most notably Grigory, also a bass.
From 1924 through 1954, he was one of the main bass soloists of the Bolshoi Theatre along with Mark Reizen, and Maxim Mikhailov. He recorded under Samuil Samosud, Alexander Melik-Pashayev, Aleksandr Gauk, Nikolai Golovanov, and Vassili Nebolsin.
In 1955, he played Boris Godunov in a film version, winning a medal in Italy. In 1954 he made his only performance outside the Soviet Union singing the role of Boris Godunov in Finnish National Opera in Helsinki.
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