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'''Pyotr Ivanovich Slovtsov''' ({{lang-langx|ru|Пётр Ива́нович Словцо́в}}; 30 June 1886 – 24 February 1934) was a famous [[Russians|Russian]] [[tenor]].

==Early years==

Slovtsov was born in the village of [[Ustyanskoye]] in [[Yeniseysk Governorate]] of the [[Russian Empire]], to the family of a [[deacon]]. His father died when the boy was five, and the mother re-located with Pyotr to [[Krasnoyarsk]]. According to family tradition, the boy attended an [[ecclesiology|ecclesiastical]] school and then a [[seminary]]. At the seminary, the boy's [[discant]] was noticed by the seminary's choir-master, [[Pavel Ivanov-Radkevich]], who entrusted Pyotr with performing a solo.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Кравчук |first=Лариса |url=https://books.google.chcom/books?id=791ZEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT78&dq=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82&hlpg=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN0YGYiKv7AhVohf0HHcyiBpAQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%20%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82&f=falsePT78 |title=Навстречу мечте. Книга 3. Благодарим и помним |date=2022-05-15 |publisher=Litres |isbn=978-5-04-413807-0 |language=ru}}</ref> The local press was impressed with Pyotr's performance to the point of predicting a brilliant career for the boy.

After the graduation, Slovtsov entered the law school of the [[University of Warsaw]], but dropped out only six months later, choosing to attend [[Moscow Conservatory]] instead. There he specialized in solo singing under Professor [[Ivan Gordi]]. Slovtsov graduated from the Conservatory with its gold medal in 1912.

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From that time his name appeared on placards in many Russian cities, including [[Kiev]] (1912–1914), [[Saratov]] (1914), [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] (1915–1917), [[Nizhny Novgorod|Nizhny-Novgorod]] (1917), [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]] (1919, 1930), [[Moscow]]'s [[Bolshoi Theatre]] (1929–1932) and Leningrad (end of 1920-beginning 1930).

He made his operatic debut with the [[Kiev Opera]] in 1912, and sang there until 1915, when he joined the Petrograd [[People's House|People's House Theatre]] with a repertoire that included ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'', ''[[Rusalka (Dargomyzhsky)|Rusalka]]'', and ''[[Prince Igor]]''. In 1920 he and his wife, the singer M.N Rioli-Slovtsova moved to [[Krasnoyarsk]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Krivoshei︠a︡ |first=Boris Georgievich |url=https://books.google.chcom/books?id=xMrAAAAAIAAJ&q=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&dq=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80+%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%B2+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixnubTh6v7AhWkTOUKHTxuDCkQ6AF6BAgMEAI |title=Muzykalʹnai︠a︡ zhiznʹ Krasnoi︠a︡rska |date=1983 |publisher=Krasnoi︠a︡rskoe knizhnoe izd-vo |language=ru}}</ref> although in 1928 he was appointed professor of solo of singing at the [[Russian Academy of Theatre Arts]] and continued his appearances the Bolshoi in a wide variety of operatic roles. Slovtsov’s records are extremely rare and sought-after by collectors.

Pyotr I. Slovtsov was called by his contemporaries "the Siberian nightingale", and was ranked with such well-known tenors of the day as [[Vladimir Rosing]], A.M. Davydov, [[Leonid Sobinov]], [[Dmitri Smirnov (tenor)|Dmitri Smirnov]] and [[Andrey Labinsky]].

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Notwithstanding the technical imperfections of the recordings he made, one can tell that the voice of Peter Slovtzov was naturally rich and attractive, of mellow timbre, clear and unique in its strength yet velvet sounding. [[Feodor Chaliapin]] highly appreciated his talent, and they sang together in the operas ''Prince Igor'', ''Rusalka'', ''Faust'', ''[[Mozart and Salieri (opera)|Mozart and Salieri]]'' and ''[[The Barber of Seville]]''.

For long years the bosom friendship connected Slovtzov with well-known masters of drama as Leonid Sobinov, [[Nadezhda Obukhova]], Vasili Kachalov and [[Antonina Nezhdanova]]. Many newspapers and journals at that time highly appreciated Slovtzov's talent: "Slovtzov has a wonderful school. His voice, though of mellow timbre, impeccably obeys to its master."{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

His best roles included Vladimir Igorevich (''Prince Igor'', [[Alexander Borodin]]), the Prince (''Rusalka'', [[Alexander Dargomyzhsky]] ), Vladimir Dubrovsky (''[[Dubrovsky (opera)|Dubrovsky]]'', [[Eduard Nápravník]]), the Indian visitor (''[[Sadko (opera)|Sadko]]'', [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]]), Tsar Berendey (''[[The Snow Maiden (opera)|The Snow Maiden]]'', Rimsky-Korsakov), Mozart (''Mozart and Salieri'', Rimsky-Korsakov), Lensky (''Eugene Onegin'', [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Tchaikovsky]], in 1915), Count Almaviva (''The Barber of Seville'', [[Gioachino Rossini]]), Alfred (''[[La traviata]]'', [[Giuseppe Verdi]]), Faust (''Faust'', [[Charles Gounod]]), Romeo (''Romeo et Juliette'', Gounod), Nadir (''[[The Pearl Fishers]]'', [[Georges Bizet]]), Dzherald (''[[Lakmé]]'', Leo Delibes).

Other roles he sang included Vasya (''[[The Power of the Fiend]]'', [[Alexander Serov]]); the Duke (''[[Rigoletto]]'', [[Giuseppe Verdi]]) and Lohengrin (''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' [[Richard Wagner]]).