Vladimir Vasilyev
also Kyrilov, Vladimir Vasilyev I
Birthplace: Saint Petersburg, Russian EmpireForbes, E. (1992) 'Vasilyev [Kyrilov], Vladimir', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 903.
Vladimir Vasilyev studied in St Petersburg and made his debut there in 1856, at the Bolshoy Theatre.Forbes, E. (1992) 'Vasilyev [Kyrilov], Vladimir', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 903. In 1860 he was engaged at the Mariinsky, where he sang in the premiere of Serov's Rogneda in 1865 and created Pimen in Boris Godunov and Prince Zhemchuzhny in Tchaikovsky's Oprichnik, both in 1874, and the King in The Maid of Orléans in 1881.Forbes, E. (1992) 'Vasilyev [Kyrilov], Vladimir', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 903. His repertory also included Ivan Susanin, Leporello and Bertram in Robert le diable.Forbes, E. (1992) 'Vasilyev [Kyrilov], Vladimir', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 903. He retired in 1881.Forbes, E. (1992) 'Vasilyev [Kyrilov], Vladimir', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 903.
Creations
- Pimen, Lavitsky — Boris Godunov (St Petersburg, 1874)
Written from
- Forbes, E. (1992) 'Vasilyev [Kyrilov], Vladimir', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 903.