Elena Obraztsova: a biography. Opera singer Elena Obraztsova. Personal life, photos

The Great Russian Opera singer, beloved not only by our listeners. Her work is well known far beyond his native country.

Childhood, family

Obraztsova Elena was born in Leningrad on 7 July 1939. Dad – Vasily Alekseevich, mother – Natalia Ivanovna. Elena Obraztsova, biography which is connected with the harsh years of the war, has experienced all the horrors of that time. All your childhood memories she associates with the blockade. In the first days of that terrible war, my father went to fight on the front. Until the end of 1942 little Lena with her mother and grandmother remained in the besieged city. Only in the spring, they were evacuated to Vologda oblast, in the city of Ustyuzhna, where he lived until the summer of 1945.

After the war, my father returned from the front after a year. Life was very hard. Mom got a job, and Lena gave in kindergarten. The first unusual and strong the girl's voice turned musical Director and immediately told mom about it, but she was so loaded with problems which did not attach importance to her words.

Lena very early began to sing. In five years parents, neighbors listened to "concerts" performed by girls. She was very thin, mosquito voice. Singing all I could hear on the radio. Basically, it was Strauss waltzes. When Lena grew up and was in school, the lessons she had always done to music. During Opera broadcasts she spent hours by the loudspeaker. Music for a future Opera star was not a Supplement to life, and its main part.

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She always remembered family musical evenings. Elena's father had a very beautiful baritone voice and played well on the violin. He was often abroad and one from Italy brought some plates, on which Lena studied the voices of great singers – Caruso, Gigli, Galli-Curci.

Children's choir

In 1948, my mother enrolled Lena in the children's chorus of the Leningrad Palace of pioneers. Supervised by the team of Mary sarin – an outstanding teacher and extraordinary person. She was able to instill her love of music and gave the dream of becoming a singer.

In 1954, at the final concert of the choir took place the first solo concert of the young singer.

Taganrog

In 1954 of Elena's father was transferred to work in Taganrog. This town gave the young actress a meeting with the great teacher A. T. Kulikova. She has Lena singing for two years. Enjoy taking part in school concerts – sang famous songs and popular songs from the repertoire of famous Lolita Torres. On the stage of the theater. Chekhov staged concerts. Once one of them, the girl noticed the Director of the music school from Rostov-on-don Mankowski. She advised her to continue her education.

In 1957, Helen was admitted to the College as a second year student. In August 1958, E. Obraztsova passed the audition and was accepted to the preparatory Department of the Conservatory of Leningrad. For admission claimed more than a hundred people, of which took only three candidates, among whom was Elena Obraztsova.

She got on the course to the Professor Antonina Grigorieva – specialist in the wise and very patient. Recalls Obraztsova, a photo of which you see in this article, she's always wanted to sing big arias, complex, and extraordinarily beautiful songs, but Antonina Andreevna was convinced that without understanding the basics of vocals, to sing the impossible.

First prize

Elena Obraztsova, biography which has inextricably been linked with the theater, in 1962, received two gold medals at the youth festival in Helsinki and at the competition of vocalists. Glinka in Moscow. From this moment the career of the aspiring artist began to develop rapidly. Opera singer Elena Obraztsova was invited to the Bolshoi Theatre. Her debut on the stage of the legendary theatre took place on 17 December 1963 at the Opera "Boris Godunov". It was at this time a decision was made about the end of the Conservatory externally.

The Eleventh of may, 1964 in a hall named after Glazunov Elena Obraztsova passed the final exam, on which S. P. Preobrazhenskaya put Elena evaluation of ‘a + ”, which at the Leningrad Conservatory did not receive one the last forty years.

Elena Obraztsova: biography, early career

In the same year, the singer embarked on her first tour to Japan, the troupe of the Bolshoi theatre, and Italy in the autumn. She performed on the famous stage of the theatre "La Scala». Her party was small – Princess Mary (“War and peace”) and the governess in the “Queen of spades”. In the first year of work in the theater Obraztsova Elena played eight (!) parties, thus forcing to speak about itself the entire musical Moscow. In a very short time the name of the rising star began to Shine on the world Opera scene. Particularly important for the young Opera singer began a tour in Paris in 1969. The resounding success of Marina Mnishek changed her creative life dramatically.

In 1970 she received the gold medal at the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow and Barcelona in the competition. F. Vinyasa. In 1971, in Paris, in the concert hall“Pleyel" lovers of Opera was presented her first solo concert, which the French journalists said that “historic”. After Paris, the largest city and capital of the world acknowledged that Elena Obraztsova - the singer, who is one of the most brilliant Opera stars in the world. Her performances on famous stages entered the history of Opera. She managed to raise the Russian vocal school to unprecedented heights.

Concert activity

Elena toured with concerts around the world and, of course, in Russia. The repertoire of her concerts consists of music a hundred Russian and foreign composers. In her performance unforgettable sound old romances and Russian songs. In recent years, admirers of talent of the singer has got acquainted with its programs – “Songs of my youth”, “Baroque”, “”Songs of war”. In the period from 2009 to 2013 Obraztsova solo performed in eighty concerts in our country and abroad.

Elena   Director

In 1986, Obraztsova surprised their fans, appearing before them in a new way. On stage native theater, she staged "Werther" J. Masne.

Obraztsova – teacher

From 1973 to 1994, the famous singer taught at the Conservatory. Tchaikovsky in Moscow. Since 1992 teaches at the Academy «Musashino,” in Tokyo, offers a unique master-classes in Russia, Europe and Japan. Quite often today, the famous singer is invited to jury international competitions-the Tchaikovsky in Moscow (1994), of vocalists in Marseilles (1997), Rimsky-Korsakov in St. Petersburg (1998). In 1996, Elena Obraztsova, singer of world renown, created in Saint-Petersburg Cultural center.

Foundation

In 2011, our beloved singer established a “Fund of Elena Obraztsova” is a charitable organization whose main goal are the education projects, the establishment of the International Academy of music, finding and training talented young people, assistance to veterans of the scene. The Foundation has held several benefit concerts that were dedicated to the veterans of the scene.

Musical films

Many Directors are happy directed music films featuring the great singer. This "My Carmen" (1977), "Happy Commonwealth" (1980), "Merry widow" (1984), "Higher than love" (1991) and others. Her partners were Fedora Barbieri, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson.

Recorder

Elena at the major studios has recorded over fifty discs. In recent years, recording concerts and performances of the singer in honor of the bicentennial theatre "La Scala». For them Obraztsova was awarded the prize “Golden Verdi”.

Art Director

In 2008, Obraztsova was the head of the Opera group Opera and ballet theatre. Mussorgsky. Was presented two premieres – Opera "Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Love potion".

Natural talent or hard work?

Undoubtedly, nature has generously endowed the singer: her voice has the timbre of unusual beauty, bright, memorable appearance, a rare gift for dramatic actress. All these data are surprisingly United in selfless devotional music, and art. Elena Obraztsova singing – is not just a profession, and the highest sense of her life.

Elena Obraztsova: personal life

V. P. Makarov – known in scientific circles a theoretical physicist. Little is know about it. A scholar of this level is the science, not people. This is the first husband Exemplary. Their marriage lasted 17 years. All this time the husband was watching the house, was engaged in her daughter Lena who was born in this marriage, and was waiting for the wife after a long tour. Elena remembers him with respect and warmth, but does not regret his love for the other person. During divorce, from experience she lost her voice, and she couldn't sing.

With her second husband Obraztsova met on stage. This is the famous Lithuanian and Russian conductor Algis Murselovic Zhyuraytis. He never complained about his health. A terrible, insidious disease burned him suddenly and brutally. The first time Elena Yakovlevna didn't understand what happened. She rushed through countries and cities, avoiding the house, where everything reminded of a favorite. Elena Obraztsova, biography which until then, was happily, suffered a heavy blow. She chased away the dark thoughts, but she lacked the strength to continue to live. Moreover, in this difficult time his daughter Helen and his family moved to Spain, to vocal training, took with her grandson. A desperate woman is stout, the voice lost its beauty. Elena fell into a deep depression, out of which helped her friends.

Today, the family of Elena Obraztsova – daughter Elena (also an Opera singer), grandson Alexander and granddaughter Anastasia.

She is old

One day in Hungary, Elena saw a woman of surpassing beauty, whose age gave only her old hands. She said to herself that when will come this terrible age, she will turn to plastic surgeons – no one will ever see her old. Obraztsova does not hide that has already done several operations. She believes that female artists coming on the scene, it is necessary.