Mikhail Karakash Don Juan Serenade Napravnik HMB 79 Mx 66768 ae enregistré le 16 mars 1914
4Mikhail Karakash - Don Juan - Serenade - Napravnik - HMB 79 Mx 66768 ae enregistré le 16 mars 1914
Mikhail Karakash (Bartione) (Simferopol, Ukraine 1887 - Bucharest, Romania 1937)
From 1908 to 1910 Karakash studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Stanislav Gabel. From 1911 to 1918 he was a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, where he made his debut as Onegin in ‘’Eugene Onegin’’ and as Grjaznoj in ''The Tsar's Bride''. During the summer Karakash continued his vocal studies in Milan with Vittorio Vanza and Nicolai. From 1915 to 1917 he appeared at the St. Petersburg Musical Drama Theatre and with different opera companies at the Russian provinces, as well as in Prague, Budapest, Vienna and Berlin. Since 1918, he sang as a guest in various Moscow theatres, including Moscow Bolshoi Theatre and S. Zimin’s Opera. In 1921 he left his wife Elisaveta Popova for the guest appearances in Italy, Spain and France and sang until the early 1930s in Belgrade and with the Paris-based Russian Opera Company. He staged a number of operas with this and other opera companies, as well as appearing in recitals. From 1931 he was a professor of the Rachmaninov Conservatory, Paris. One of the best russian baritones of the early 20 century Mikhail Karakash possessed an equal, ringing voice of the metal timbre, distinct diction. His singing differed nobleness of phrasing, expressiveness. He was an excellent actor.
Source ; FORGOTTEN OPERA SINGERS : Mikhail Karakash (Bartione) (Simferopol, Ukraine 1887 - Bucharest, Romania 1937)