Maria Titarenko | |
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Born | Maria Sergeevna Titarenko 27 March 1917 Sevastopol, Russian Empire |
Died | 26 September 2002 85) Baku, Azerbaijan | (aged
Occupation(s) | Opera singer, soprano |
Notable work | "Arshin Mal Alan" (1945) |
Maria Sergeevna Titarenko (27 March 1917 – 26 September 2002) was an Azerbaijani Soviet opera singer of Ukrainian origin. She was awarded the title Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1961). [1] She is best known for voicing Gulchohra in the film "Arshin Mal Alan" (1945). [2]
Maria Titarenko was born on 27 March 1917 in Sevastopol, Russian Empire. [2] At the age of 3, she became an orphan after her father died and her mother remarried living her and five other children. [3] At the age of 14, Titarenko graduated from the seven-year school, where she studied the language of the Crimean Tatars. [4] After that, she graduated from a factory school and began to work at the factory. [5] Working at the factory Titarenko fulfilled 300% of the norm and nobody could break her record. [3]
In 1936, Titarenko married the head of one of the factory shops, Nikolai Naida who was soon recruited to the Baku Shipyard. [3] Together with her husband, Titarenko came to Azerbaijan in 1937. [2]
In February 1938, Titarenko was admitted to the Baku Musical College without exams. [5] During her study at the college, she separated with her first husband Nikolai Naida, who was recruited to work in Murmansk, and met a military pilot Vasily Koretsky, who soon went to the war and died. [2]
While working at the factory Titarenko participated in amateur performances, singing Oksana in the opera by the Ukrainian composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky “Zaporozhets beyond the Danube”. [2] She won three times in city amateur competitions in Sevastopol and in the All-Crimean Amateur Olympiad in Simferopol. [5]
After graduating from Baku Musical College in 1942, Titarenko was transferred to study at the conservatory. [3]
In 1943, Titarenko became a soloist of the Baku Opera House. [5] She appeared on the stage of the Baku Opera House in the role of Nigar. [2]
In 1945, Titarenko voiced Gulchohra performed by Leyla Badirbeyli in the film "Arshin Mal Alan". [6]
In the 1950s and 1960s Titarenko became the prima of the Baku opera scene. [3] During 25 years of stage work she sang 36 leading roles, including Nigar, Tatiana, Iolanta, Mikaela and Snegurochka. [2] She performed six roles in Azerbaijani language. [1]
In 1961, Titarenko was awarded a title of an Honored Astist of Azerbaijan SSR. [2]
She left the stage in 1969, but her voice of the prima remained until the age of 84 when she still performed a part in the opera Vagif. [2]
Maria Titarenko died on 26 September at the age of 85 in Baku, and was buried in Baku. [2]
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