1908 NIKOLAI SHEVELEV Russian Baritone DEMON Pagliacci 78

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WEEK 1 of 3 weeks of great auctions,  until Dec 18.

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I am currently selling a series of great Richard Wagner and classic European 78 rpm orchestral recordings on all the great European labels:

Baritone NIKOLAI SHEVELEV was a Russian pioneer on 1901 Berliner and G&T recordings.

Here on a 1908 Gramophone record

in two arias: Rubinstein Demon Y tot kotoromy vnimala/ Pagliacci Prologo

Condition: EXCELLENT MINUS, only rare spots of greying. scuffs, light scratch on Demon.

Plays quiet with only rare distortion.

Schewelew, Nikolai Artemjewitsch, Baß-Bariton, * 18.12.1868, † 12.12.1929 Tiflis (Tblissi); eigentlicher Name Nikolai Artemjewitsch Schewjukin. Nachdem man in einem Chor, der durch den Dirigenten T.I. Filippow geleitet wurde, und der sich vor allem mit dem Vortrag russischer Volkslieder befaßte, die Qualität seiner Stimme erkannt hatte, studierte er 1889-96 bei Signoretti in Mailand. 1896-1901 sang er bei der Mamontow Opernkompanie in Moskau, 1901-02 am Opernhaus von Kiew, 1905 in Nishni- Nowgorod. Dann war er wieder in den Jahren 1908-13 und 1922-24 an der Moskauer Zimin-Privatoper tätig, wo er 1910 in einer der ersten Aufführungen der Oper »Khovantchina« von Mussorgsky mitwirkte. 1919-22 war er Mitglied der Oper von Tiflis. Als Gast ist er in Berlin, Prag und Warschau aufgetreten. Am 3.11.1899 sang er an der Mamontow Privatoper in Moskau in der Uraufführung der »Zarenbraut« von Rimsky Korssakow den Gryaznoi, am 3.11.1900 in der Uraufführung einer weiteren Oper von Rimsky-Korssakow »Das Märchen vom Zaren Saltan« in Moskau die Partie des Boten. Höhepunkte seines Bühnenrepertoires waren Partien wie der Eugen Onegin, der Titelheld in »Mazeppa« von Tschaikowsky, der Nelusco in Meyerbeers »Afrikanerin«, der Rigoletto, der Escamillo in »Carmen«, der Hans Sachs in den »Meistersingern«, vor allem aber die Titelfiguren in Rubinsteins Opern »Der Dämon« und »Kaufmann Kalaschnikow«. Die letztgenannte Partie sang er u.a. 1901 in der Moskauer Premiere dieser Oper am Solodownikow Theater. Er wirkte nach seinem Rücktritt von der Bühne als Gesangpädagoge in Tiflis.

Aufnahmen auf Berliner Records (St. Petersburg, 1901), G & T (St. Petersburg, 1901), Favorite.

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1 record: 4.75$

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10 records: 9.50$

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I am very happy to ship records worldwide.

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1 record = 2 lbs $25 - $28

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