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Boris Khaikin

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Boris Emmanuilovich Khaikin[1] (Russian: Борис Эммануилович Хайкин; Belarusian: Барыс Эмануілавіч Хайкін; 26 October [O.S. 13 October] 1904 – 10 May 1978) was a Soviet and Russian conductor who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1972.

Biography

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Khaikin was born in Minsk, then part of the Russian Empire. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nicolai Malko and Konstantin Saradzhev.[2] 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

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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:

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Sometimes also transliterated as "Khajkin" or "Chaikin" or also (in German) as "Khaikin".
  2. ^ Bnet
  3. ^ It is not clear whether Khaikin recorded the opera in the original Tatar version of 1957, or in Russian translation

References

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  • B. Khajkin at IMDb Retrieved on July 19, 2006.
  • N.N.:"The Bolshoi Theatre". Archived from the original on June 12, 2002. Retrieved July 19, 2006. . Archived URL last accessed July 19, 2006.
  • Naxos biography Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine