Alexander Pirogov is a famous domestic actor, opera singer. He performed his works in bass. Winner of the title People's Artist of the USSR. In the 40s he was awarded two Stalin prizes at once. He is a representative of the Russian dynasty of opera artists Pirogov.
Actor Biography
Alexander Pirogov was born in the city of Ryazan. He was born in 1899. Shortly before his birth, the father of the hero of our article moved to this city from the village of Novoselki, which is located in the Ryazan province. I had to leave life in the village for the sake of earning. Alexander Pirogov was the youngest of the children.
He began his creative career as a teenager. At 16, experts drew attention to his singing talent. In 1917 he entered Moscow University, became a student of the Faculty of History and Philology. Parents still insisted that he receive a classical rather than creative education. However, Alexander Pirogov did not want to leave music classes, so he began to study at the music and drama school, which was based at the capital's philharmonic society. His direct mentor was an opera singer, soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Vasily Savvich Tyutyunnik.
Creative career
Already in 1919, Alexander Pirogov began your labor creative career. The actor got a job in the theater of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic. After the Civil War, he was accepted as a soloist in the capital's Free Opera. Before the revolution, it was the Zimin Opera House. Here he worked until 1924.
Then Alexander Pirogov, whose photo is in this article, becomes the soloist of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater. This temple of Melpomene became the main one in his career. He has performed on his stage for more than 30 years. It was for roles in the Bolshoi Theater that he received most of his awards and prizes.
On the stage of the country's most famous theater, Alexander Pirogov, whose biography was completely devoted to opera, performed the main bass repertoire of both domestic and foreign classics. He played roles in the original operas of Soviet authors.
His most famous work is the role of the Russian Tsar Boris Godunov in the opera of the same name by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky.
At the same time, Pirogov is widely known as a chamber singer. He often performed romances written by Russian composers, as well as folk songs.
Critics and viewers noted that the hero of our article had an incredibly beautiful voice, which had an enviable expressiveness. Its main advantages were a wide range and an almost unique and unique timbre.
He received his first Stalin Prize during the Great Patriotic War. He understood that in 1943 everything should be directed to the defense of his own state. Therefore, he committed a noble deed and transferred all 100 thousand rubles due to him to the Defense Fund.
Over time, he began to be actively involved in political and public life. He entered the fourth convocation of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR.
Pirogov died in 1964. At this time, he was in his small homeland - in the Ryazan region. I rested in the Shilovsky district on the Oka River. Death overtook an opera singer on Bear Head Island. The famous Soviet artist was buried in the Novodevichy metropolitan cemetery. He was 64 years old.
Creativity rating
Pirogov’s work was appreciated not only by the audience, but also by official representatives of Soviet culture. Therefore, he has many awards and prizes received mainly for his roles on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater.
In 1934, he was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR, and three years later he received the title of People's Artist of the USSR.
The first Stalin Prize was awarded to him in 1943 for special successes in the field of theatrical and vocal art. In 1949, the Stalin Prize was awarded to him again. Now, for a specific work, Godunov’s part in Mussorgsky’s opera.
In addition to numerous medals, he also has two orders of Lenin. They were awarded to him in 1937 and 1951.
Song Dynasty
Pirogov is a member of the famous dynasty of opera artists. Like him, his brothers became famous. Grigory Stepanovich, who was 14 years older, also became an opera singer. He performed his parts in bass. True, he was not accepted into the Bolshoi Theater, so he performed at the Mariinsky.
Alexei Stepanovich Pirogov performed at opera houses in Tashkent, Sverdlovsk, Kiev and Novosibirsk. At the State Academic Bolshoi Theater he sang in the operas of Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Serov, Borodin, Tchaikovsky.
The memory of the opera singer
The memory of the hero of this article has survived to this day. In the capital, on the house in which he lived, a memorial plaque now flaunts . The building is located in Bryusov Lane.
A museum dedicated to all the Pirogov brothers has been opened in his small homeland in Novoselki, Ryazan Region. Ryazan College of Music is named immediately in honor of Alexander and Gregory. His name also flaunts on the famous steamboat.
On Bear Island , where the actor’s heart stopped, a memorial monument has been erected today.