Svider biography

By the anniversary of Konstantin Svidersky: the first opera artist for the lettum of Konstantin Svidersky: the first opera artist according to the documents of the personal fund of Konstantin Nikolayevich Svidersky, stored in the united state archive of the Chelyabinsk region, can be traced not only by the biography of this wonderful opera artist and public figure, but also by a whole era in theatrical history of Russia and the Soviet Union.

Konstantin Nikolaevich himself tells about himself that he was born in a small town near Chernigov, in the family of an official. Here, music entered his heart and conquered forever. When he was 12 years old, he first heard the opera in Poltava. It was the "demon" of Rubinstein. The melody stunned him. He climbed away from people and sang the demon’s monologue: “The damned world, despicable world!

A few years later, when Konstantin Svidersky studied in St. Petersburg, at the Mikhailovsky Artillery School, he often sang in home concerts in the families of his comrades. Once he was heard by a student of the conservatory and asked where he studied. I will enjoy you to our teacher. The Conservatory of Svidersky was accepted by order of its director, professor, well -known composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov.

The student delighted the teachers with his singing abilities. At the end of the conservatory, Professor Chuplinnikov gives him his photo with the inscription: "The wonderful baritone, my glorious student for good memory." The debut of Konstantin Svidersky on the stage of the opera of the People’s House in St. Petersburg was the Eletsky Party in the “Peak”, and later the Onegin party in Eugene Onegin.

One of the St. Petersburg newspapers in the year wrote about Svidersky that he had a strong and pleasant timbre of voice. It was worth earned the recognition of the then press when in the capital of Russia there were plenty of different artists. At the beginning of the 20th century, Svidersky performed a lot on the stages of St. Petersburg, even gave charity concerts. His foundation preserved a clipping from the old newspaper, which mentioned that he participated in a concert, the funds from which went in favor of Slavic society.

And when he was drafted into the army during the First World War, he organized in Pskov, where the headquarters of the Russian army was located, a theater for the wounded and recovering soldiers. After the revolution in the year, Konstantin Svidersky, already a famous singer, comes to Yekaterinburg and performs there. One of the Chelyabinsk residents recalled that he was listening to Konstantin Svidersky in the opera Carmen: “It was a fabulous squadron!

In the year, Konstantin Svidersky first visited a concert in Chelyabinsk. In the newspaper Sovetskaya Pravda, a note was published on the arrival of the famous baritone of Svidersky. Konstantin Nikolaevich himself recalled that he played in the drama theater and in the railway club. The room was cold, sang almost without scenery. In years, Svidersky travels a lot with tour in the Urals, leads a concert brigade.

The fund has preserved documents on charitable concerts in favor of children's shelters. Often he acted not only as a singer, but also as a director of performances. In the year, Konstantin Nikolaevich arrived in Chelyabinsk again and stayed here forever. He worked on the radio, sang right at the microphone on the air, performed in the Philharmonic, and during the Great Patriotic War he sang at the Operetta Theater.

He was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War. When the Opera and Ballet Theater appeared in Chelyabinsk, Svidersky became one of the first actors. Despite the advanced age, he was still in demand by the viewer.

He gave his expensive relics to the troupe of the young theater: Lornet Onegin, Tomsk spurs, bracelets and AIDA opera rings. In Chelyabinsk, K. Svidersky also became a teacher. In the end of the x, he began teaching music at a pedagogical school, where he worked for 15 years with a break for wartime. At the school, he was the first head of the musical department, prepared more than one release of music teachers.

For many years he generously gave his creative amateur performances - he led the choral groups of the city, advised. At one time, he headed the city committee of teachers' trade unions. Everyone who knew him recalls Konstantin Nikolaevich as a large heart man, good and responsive, fair and crystal honest. Only at the age of 77 did Svidersky retire, but the music in his life remained.

He could be seen at performances at the Opera Theater, at concerts in the Philharmonic. The musical community of Chelyabinsk in the year celebrated the flight K. They say that his apartment was literally littered with flowers, he was congratulated by everything: from house neighbors on the street artillery to the chairman of the Tractor -Zavodsky district executive committee Vasily Vasilyevich Gusev, who came to his house with a bouquet of flowers.

The actor was gone in the year, he lived a long life filled with music and creativity. Elena Rokhatsevich.