Osip Petrov
also Osip Afanasievich Petrov, Осип Афанасиевич Петров
Birthplace: Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine)Wikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289.
Osip Petrov sang in church choirs and provincial theatresWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289., working at Poltava alongside the actor Mikhail ShchepkinWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article., before joining the company at St Petersburg in 1830Wikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289.. He stayed nearly fifty yearsWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289., and Russian opera was built around his voiceWarrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289.: he created Susanin in Glinka's A Life for the TsarWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289. and the title role of Ruslan and LyudmilaWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289., Ivan the Terrible in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Maid of PskovWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289., and Varlaam in Boris Godunov at sixty-seven, thirty-seven years after SusaninWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289.Kutsch-Riemens dates Boris Godunov to 1873, but it was first given in February 1874, as Grove has it: thirty-seven years after Susanin in 1836, and Petrov, born in November 1806, was sixty-seven.. His jubilee in 1876 brought a gold medal from Alexander IIWikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987..
Creations
- Varlaam — Boris Godunov (St Petersburg, 1874)
Written from
- Wikipedia (2026) Osip Petrov. (Accessed: August 2026). The English article.
- Wikipedia (2026) Петров, Осип Афанасьевич. (Accessed: August 2026). The Russian article.
- Warrack, J. (1992) 'Petrov, Osip Afanas’yevich', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 987.
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Petrow, Ossip Afanasjewitsch', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2288-2289.