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Full Name Антонина Ивановна Абаринова Born July 24, 1842 ( 1842-07-24 ) Vladimir, Imperial Russia Died 29 July 1901, Tula Governorate Similar Osip Petrov, Eduard Nápravník, Antonina Nezhdanova | ||
Antonina Ivanovna Abarinova (Russian: Антонина Ивановна Абаринова, 24 July 1842, Vladimir, Imperial Russia, — 29 July 1901, Sukhodol, Tula Governorate, Imperial Russia) was a Russian opera singer (originally contralto, later mezzo-soprano) who performed at Maryinsky Theatre, while being also an Alexandrinsky Theatre actress.
Abarinova's best-known parts in opera were The Princess in Rusalka and Laura in The Stone Guest, both by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, as well as Spiridonova in Alexander Serov's The Power of the Fiend and Lady Pamela in Daniel Auber's Fra Diavolo. In theatre she excelled as Natalya Dmitrievna in Alexander Griboyedov's Woe from Wit, Zvezdintseva in The Fruits of Enlightenment by Leo Tolstoy, Gurmyzhskaya in The Forest and Ogudalova in Without a Dowry, both by Alexander Ostrovsky. She played Polina Andreyevna in the 1896 premiere performance of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull.