Medea Mei was born in Florence, "a fragrant flower garden wondrous Italy," April 4, 1859. The family is growing up her brothers, Francesco and Giuseppe. My childhood was happy: "All my little creature was filled with the richness of spirituality - the love of my beloved mother's beauty with its marvelous, always sad eyes. I am infinitely loved her and her untimely death in my soul for a long time has left a deep wound. "
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"All my little creature was filled with the richness of spirituality - the love of my beloved mother's beauty with its marvelous, always sad eyes. I am infinitely loved her and her untimely death in my soul for a long time has left a deep wound. "
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The family lived in modest circumstances, and the little Medea never been to the theater, opera divas have not heard, but her enthusiastic nature keenly attracted to the unusual. "From the age of 7 I was already like other games than kids my age, I took the aprons, different clothes, put on all by itself, and becoming against the mirror, took all sorts of poses, singing, reciting, and makes a gesture to the great consternation of my mother ".
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My mother died when she was nine years old. World collapsed overnight - Medea seemed to live longer there will be no light, no joy. Native even feared for her sanity. Lifeline became friends with love in music and theater elder brother.
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When Medea was twelve, with the money, Francesco took his sister to the theater. For the first time she felt the fragrance of the stage and play with the famous tragedian Salvini shook the girl. "At home, my brother and all he had seen depicted in the theater, and once I scared her younger sister into hysterics, and wearing a white sheet smeared face with soot."
Down and Out trouble started. Once "in Florence, in a theater Pagliano, then came the famous Vercolini ... My brother and I went to the theater, and this time I finally lost my head. I raved about theater, music, all day I was singing by ear had heard excerpts of the opera ... It seemed to me that singing is nothing better in the world and that I should definitely be a singer. "
Otherwise have seen the future of Medea's father: the girl will be a teacher! Problems permit intervention mother's brother, guitarist and poet-improviser. Feeling her niece gift, he takes her to audition for the conservatory. True, there were initially problems.
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"What a conservatory? - Amazed professors. - The girl does not know even the score! "Medea then choked with tears, but then got down to business. Sheet music she has mastered quickly, and whiled away their free time singing dizzy roulades.
"Sometimes in the street crowd gathered to listen to my singing, sent to know who sings and does not want to believe that the singer - a teenage girl, I is not only embarrassing, but, in contrast, has made the bolder, louder singing."
Medea fourteen enrolled in the conservatory. Two years later she debuted in the town near Florence in Sinapunga party Azucena - the heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore." Only otzvuchali last sound of her voice, as the stage filled with white doves: for example, the old Italian tradition, the audience will be welcomed debutante. When the young beauty got rid of the old woman's make-up and appeared transfigured, ecstasy has doubled.
In the same year he made his debut in Naples, Francesco's brother Medea Mei. Alas, his successful debut was the swan song: forever raging typhus epidemic took away his voice. Shaken Medea vowed to ensure a comfortable existence of their relatives.
The word is kept, the benefit has already made her famous debut. Entrepreneurs vying offer lucrative contracts, and in record time she traveled to Italy, Spain, South America, increasing the glory of Italian bel canto. Medea was beautiful, her voice - a lively and exciting - fascinated by the beauty of tone and the natural passion of life is filled with images of static opera heroines.
Finally touring way reduce it to Nicholas Figner, a man who, despite the skepticism of eminent vocal teachers, was destined to become a famous singer. His will and left her head no choice. Along with Medea Figner Mei goes to Russia ...
In autumn 1887 she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre. Petersburg with cautious interest heard and graciously accepted her Valentine in "Les Huguenots" Meyerbeer. The first two years, she sang only in Italian, and now - "Eugene Onegin," the first opera singer performed in Russian. Tchaikovsky would say that I saw on stage that Tatiana, "he always wanted to see in impersonating actress."
The popularity of Medea (no longer Mei and Figner) is steadily increasing. "It just struck all their artistic appearance: beautiful faces, voices, singing behavior in concert, concert toilet ... Describe the appearance is beautiful, perhaps, when it violates the well-known beauty of the laws of harmony.
In Medea Ivanovna everything was right: the chiseled good cutter features, expressive eyes and black, are what the Italians sing a thousand serenades. And the softness of the movements of a typical yuzhanki. " So write in his memoirs singer Sergei Levik.
Over time Italian became the first performer of the parties and Iolanta Lisa in Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" and "Iolanthe", Masha and Francesca in the operas of Napravnik, "Dubrovsky" and "Francesca da Rimini" was the title of Soloist of His Imperial Majesty. Love the Russian public for her knew no bounds.
When, in 1895, after the birth of their fourth child, the actress was seriously ill, Nicholas station, where she was taken out of the village, was not able to accommodate all the supporters.
"During this illness I have yet to understand how heat is to me the Russian public ... How many people were at the station when he met me, borne on a litter, how many people crying ... and what a mass of attention, while I lay at home: I sent the image, the Communion bread, flowers ... "
And after nine years, welfare will fall. I must admit that the marriage with Figner will crack her fault. And Nicholas nobly all the blame will take on, keeping the reputation of the woman. And after the divorce Medea will not allow children to communicate with his father.
Such is the intensity of emotions was! Only the untimely death of Nicholas in 1918, became for Medea Figner another heavy blow, to reconcile them ... Bright life Medea Figner was also surprisingly long. She has witnessed several historical periods and in 1930 left the Soviet Russia and settled in Paris, where she died in the summer of 1952, before reaching the centenary only seven years old ...
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FIGNER , MEDEA IVANOVNA ( April 4 1859 , Florence - July 8 1952 , Paris ) - Russian singer (dramatic soprano). Italian nationality.
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Medea Mei was born in Florence, "a fragrant flower garden wondrous Italy," April 4, 1859. The family is growing up her brothers, Francesco and Giuseppe. My childhood was happy: "All my little creature was filled with the richness of spirituality - the love of my beloved mother's beauty with its marvelous, always sad eyes. I am infinitely loved her and her untimely death in my soul for a long time has left a deep wound. "
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
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"All my little creature was filled with the richness of spirituality - the love of my beloved mother's beauty with its marvelous, always sad eyes. I am infinitely loved her and her untimely death in my soul for a long time has left a deep wound. "
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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The family lived in modest circumstances, and the little Medea never been to the theater, opera divas have not heard, but her enthusiastic nature keenly attracted to the unusual. "From the age of 7 I was already like other games than kids my age, I took the aprons, different clothes, put on all by itself, and becoming against the mirror, took all sorts of poses, singing, reciting, and makes a gesture to the great consternation of my mother ".
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
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My mother died when she was nine years old. World collapsed overnight - Medea seemed to live longer there will be no light, no joy. Native even feared for her sanity. Lifeline became friends with love in music and theater elder brother.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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When Medea was twelve, with the money, Francesco took his sister to the theater. For the first time she felt the fragrance of the stage and play with the famous tragedian Salvini shook the girl. "At home, my brother and all he had seen depicted in the theater, and once I scared her younger sister into hysterics, and wearing a white sheet smeared face with soot."
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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Down and Out trouble started. Once "in Florence, in a theater Pagliano, then came the famous Vercolini ... My brother and I went to the theater, and this time I finally lost my head. I raved about theater, music, all day I was singing by ear had heard excerpts of the opera ... It seemed to me that singing is nothing better in the world and that I should definitely be a singer. "
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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Otherwise have seen the future of Medea's father: the girl will be a teacher! Problems permit intervention mother's brother, guitarist and poet-improviser. Feeling her niece gift, he takes her to audition for the conservatory. True, there were initially problems.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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"What a conservatory? - Amazed professors. - The girl does not know even the score! "Medea then choked with tears, but then got down to business. Sheet music she has mastered quickly, and whiled away their free time singing dizzy roulades.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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"Sometimes in the street crowd gathered to listen to my singing, sent to know who sings and does not want to believe that the singer - a teenage girl, I is not only embarrassing, but, in contrast, has made the bolder, louder singing."
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
Medea fourteen enrolled in the conservatory. Two years later she debuted in the town near Florence in Sinapunga party Azucena - the heroine of Verdi's "Il Trovatore." Only otzvuchali last sound of her voice, as the stage filled with white doves: for example, the old Italian tradition, the audience will be welcomed debutante. When the young beauty got rid of the old woman's make-up and appeared transfigured, ecstasy has doubled.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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In the same year he made his debut in Naples, Francesco's brother Medea Mei. Alas, his successful debut was the swan song: forever raging typhus epidemic took away his voice. Shaken Medea vowed to ensure a comfortable existence of their relatives.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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The word is kept, the benefit has already made her famous debut. Entrepreneurs vying offer lucrative contracts, and in record time she traveled to Italy, Spain, South America, increasing the glory of Italian bel canto. Medea was beautiful, her voice - a lively and exciting - fascinated by the beauty of tone and the natural passion of life is filled with images of static opera heroines.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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Finally touring way reduce it to Nicholas Figner, a man who, despite the skepticism of eminent vocal teachers, was destined to become a famous singer. His will and left her head no choice. Along with Medea Figner Mei goes to Russia ...
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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In autumn 1887 she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre. Petersburg with cautious interest heard and graciously accepted her Valentine in "Les Huguenots" Meyerbeer. The first two years, she sang only in Italian, and now - "Eugene Onegin," the first opera singer performed in Russian. Tchaikovsky would say that I saw on stage that Tatiana, "he always wanted to see in impersonating actress."
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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The popularity of Medea (no longer Mei and Figner) is steadily increasing. "It just struck all their artistic appearance: beautiful faces, voices, singing behavior in concert, concert toilet ... Describe the appearance is beautiful, perhaps, when it violates the well-known beauty of the laws of harmony.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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In Medea Ivanovna everything was right: the chiseled good cutter features, expressive eyes and black, are what the Italians sing a thousand serenades. And the softness of the movements of a typical yuzhanki. " So write in his memoirs singer Sergei Levik.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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Over time Italian became the first performer of the parties and Iolanta Lisa in Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" and "Iolanthe", Masha and Francesca in the operas of Napravnik, "Dubrovsky" and "Francesca da Rimini" was the title of Soloist of His Imperial Majesty. Love the Russian public for her knew no bounds.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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When, in 1895, after the birth of their fourth child, the actress was seriously ill, Nicholas station, where she was taken out of the village, was not able to accommodate all the supporters.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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"During this illness I have yet to understand how heat is to me the Russian public ... How many people were at the station when he met me, borne on a litter, how many people crying ... and what a mass of attention, while I lay at home: I sent the image, the Communion bread, flowers ... "
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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And after nine years, welfare will fall. I must admit that the marriage with Figner will crack her fault. And Nicholas nobly all the blame will take on, keeping the reputation of the woman. And after the divorce Medea will not allow children to communicate with his father.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
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Such is the intensity of emotions was! Only the untimely death of Nicholas in 1918, became for Medea Figner another heavy blow, to reconcile them ... Bright life Medea Figner was also surprisingly long. She has witnessed several historical periods and in 1930 left the Soviet Russia and settled in Paris, where she died in the summer of 1952, before reaching the centenary only seven years old ...
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
MrGer2295 3 months ago
Maravillosa , Divina !!!!
tukilala 1 year ago
Thank you spolettaO for the rare and priceless honor of hearing this fantastic
historic recording. Madame Figner reminds me of Callas in the poignancy
and genuine expression of her Vissi d'Arte. She had great charisma and
intensity in her voice, acting and beautiful photograph. A genuine treasure
to be cherished. Thank you also to dantitustimshu for sharing!
Kievest 1 year ago
@Kievest
Ditto... thank you!
PS: Always loved that picture!
CurzonRoad 1 year ago
Is this the first recording to this aria?
edelmantos 1 year ago
very good for 108 years ago
jeffray1944 2 years ago