Soviet conductor (1904–1978)
Boris Khaikin Барыс Хайкін |
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Born | 26 October [O.S. 13 October] 1904 Minsk, Russian Empire (present-day Belarus) |
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Died | 10 May 1978(1978-05-10) (aged 73) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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Genres | Classical |
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Occupation | Conductor |
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Musical artist
Boris Emmanuilovich Khaikin[a] (26 October [O.S. 13 October] 1904 – 10 May 1978) was a Soviet conductor who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1972.
Biography
Khaikin was born in Minsk, then part of the Russian Empire. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nicolai Malko and Konstantin Saradzhev.[1] He was artistic director of the Little Leningrad Opera Theatre in 1936-43 and the principal conductor at the Kirov Theatre in 1944–53, where he conducted the première of Sergei Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery on 3 November 1946. He moved to the Bolshoi Theatre in 1954.
He died in Moscow, and was buried in the Donskoye Cemetery.
Discography
Khaikin is noted for his two critically acclaimed recordings of Khovanshchina: a 1946 edition with Mark Reizen, and a 1972 version with Irina Arkhipova. His record of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's little known early first symphony received good notices. Khaikin also recorded several operas and ballets by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, notably a Eugene Onegin with Galina Vishnevskaya and Sergei Lemeshev.
Other opera recordings include:
Notes
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- Belarusian: Барыс Эмануілавіч Хайкін, romanized: Barys Emanuilavich Khaykin
- Russian: Борис Эммануилович Хайкин, romanized: Boris Emmanuilovich Khaykin
- Sometimes romanized as Khajkin and Chaikin.
References
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- ^ It is not clear whether Khaikin recorded the opera in the original Tatar version of 1957, or in Russian translation
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