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{{short description|Russian opera singer}}

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[[File:Словцов П.И..1.jpg|thumb|Pyotr Slovtsov]]

'''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.com/books?id=791ZEAAAQBAJ&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&pg=PT78 |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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==Beginning of the career==

[[File:Словцов П.И. в опере "Евгений Онегин"!.jpg|thumb|150px|Pyotr Slovtsov in ''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]]'']]

From that time his name appeared on placards in many Russian cities, including [[Kiev]] (1912-19141912–1914), [[Saratov]] (1914), [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]] (1915-19171915–1917), [[Nizhny Novgorod|Nizhny-Novgorod]] (1917), [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]] (1919, 1930), [[Moscow]]'s [[Bolshoi Theatre]] (1929-19321929–1932) 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 HousesHouse|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.com/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 |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]].

The singer had an extraordinary rare voice and mastered the high level of skill as drama actor,{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}<!--is there a published description of his voice we can include here?--> making him worthy of the traditions of tenor [[Nikolay and Medea Figner|Nikolay Figner]], who combined musical, vocal and stage skills in a harmonious performance of opera art.

==Repertoire==

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|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}}

[[File:Дирижёр и скрипач Марксон Абрам Леонтьевич.jpeg|thumb|left|120px|Conductor [[Abram Markson]]-colleague P.I.Slovtsov of the society "Music of the Masses"]]

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).

For long years the bosom friendship connected Slovtzov with well-known masters of drama as Leonid Sobinov, [[Nadezhda Obukhova|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}}

[[File:Соковнин Виктор Александрович.jpg|thumb|120px|Operatic partner and friend [[Victor Sokovnin]]]]

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]]'', [[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]]).

Partners on stage included A. M. Bragin, R. G. Gorskaja, L. Lipkovskaja, [[Victor Sokovnin|V. Sokovnin]], [[Antonina Nezhdanova]](in [[Bolshoi Theatre]], in ''Traviata'' by Verdi, 1928), V. K. Pavlovskaya and [[Mark Reizen|M. O. Reizen]] (in ''Rusalka''), Feodor Chaliapin (in operas ''Rusalka'', ''Prince Igor'', ''Mozart and Salieri'', ''Faust'', ''The Barber of Seville''; the singer presented to Slovtsov a photo dated 31 December 1915 with an inscription: "With kind memories and warm wishes for success in the art world"). Conductors Slovtsov sang under included [[Mark Golinkin]] (1875-19631875–1963), [[Abram Markson]], [[Ariy Pazovsky]], etc.

==Career as director and teacher==

Slovtsov was also a talantedtalented director and a vocal coach. He was not tall, a bit plump with an open Russian face. He attracted people with his simple-heartedness. Organizing abilities helped Slovtsov to unite talented people around him. In Krasnoyarsk (Siberia) he organized the vocal school for the People’s Conservatory, Worker’s Opera and society "Music for the Masses". He staged 14 operas in Krasnoyarsk. In 1928 Slovtsov was invited by professor of solo singing in [[Russian Academy of Theatre Arts]]. During 22 years of his creative activity Slovtsov gave two thousand concerts.

==Marriage==

His wife, Margarita N. Rioly, was a lyrico-dramatic soprano and also an opera singer. She had studied solo singing at the Moscow Conservatory under V.M. Zarudnaya-Ivanova, and graduated a year earlier than Slovtzov. Rioly was not only a talented singer, but also a remarkable teacher of singing. But most of all she loved the opera stage and performed leading roles on opera stages of Tiflis, Kharkov (1913), Ekaterinburg (1915-19161915–1916), Petrograd ([[People's HousesHouse|Narodny Dom]]), Tomsk, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk. In 1915 M. Rioly married P.I. Slovtzov and from that time they cooperated in concert activity and performed together on opera stages. Margarita N. Rioly was also an excellent pianist, so became Slovtzov’s favourite accompanist.

[[File:Маргарита Николаевна Риоли и Словцов.jpg|thumb|rihgt|250px|M.N. Rioli and P.Slovtsov]]

His wife, Margarita N. Rioly, was a lyrico-dramatic soprano and also an opera singer. She had studied solo singing at the Moscow Conservatory under V.M. Zarudnaya-Ivanova, and graduated a year earlier than Slovtzov. Rioly was not only a talented singer, but also a remarkable teacher of singing. But most of all she loved the opera stage and performed leading roles on opera stages of Tiflis, Kharkov (1913), Ekaterinburg (1915-1916), Petrograd ([[People's Houses|Narodny Dom]]), Tomsk, Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk. In 1915 M. Rioly married P.I. Slovtzov and from that time they cooperated in concert activity and performed together on opera stages. Margarita N. Rioly was also an excellent pianist, so became Slovtzov’s favourite accompanist.

[[File:Gorkogo-11.jpg|thumb|11 Gorky St. Where the National Conservatory was in 1920]]

In 1934, Slovtsov caught cold while performing on his tour in one of the city of Soviet Union and soon died. His monument of white marble is located in Pokrovsky cemetery in Krasnoyarsk. The words engraved on the monument are from opera [[Werther]]: "Why awaken me, O breath of Spring?". Margarita Nikolaevna Rioli-Slovtsova continued teaching for another twenty years in Krasnoyarsk. Among the students of Margarita Nikolaevna - E. K. Iofel, who later became a professor and teacher and [[Dmitri Hvorostovsky|Dmitry Hvorostovsky]] - the world famous baritone.

==Memorial events==

[[File:Словцов Петр Иванович.jpg|thumb|200px|carton of CD. Moscow. 2007]]

[[File:Slovtsov tomb.JPG|thumb|left|180px|Monument on a tomb of P. I. Slovtsov on Troitsk a cemetery of [[Krasnoyarsk]].]]

To mark the 120th anniversary of his birth, The Central Museum of Musical Culture by M.I. Glinka published a CD of 26 songs and arias recorded by Slovtsov before 1917. This CD was presented in the 42nd Exhibition MIDEM, 2008 in [[Cannes]]. That same year broadcasts about the tenor were made by ''National radio'', ''RtV-Podmoskovie'', ''[[Radio Rossii]]'' and ''[[Radio Maria]]''; and in the USA, Marston Records released a CD "Pyotr Ivanovich Slovtsov. The Russian tenor" mastered by the [[Grammy Award]]-winning engineer Ward Marston. On 10 October 2010 Radio Rossii made a 44-minute broadcast about Slovtsov.

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==Sources==

{{Commons category|Category:Petr Slovtsov}}

* {{Ruin iconlang|ru}} Broadcast about Slovtsov[[File:П.И. Словцов радиопередача 2008 года.ogg]]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191747/http://glinka.museum/documents/cds.pdf The list of the disks which have been let out by a sound department of the Glinka state central museum of musical culltureculture. Moscow 2007. P. 3. Disk "Peter Slovtzov-the Siberian nightingale"]

*{{Ruin iconlang|ru}}[http://next.feb-web.ru/test/pruzhan/abc/ Aron Proujanski. Native singer. 1750—1917: Dictionary. — Pub. 2nd . — МoscowMoscow, 2008.]

*{{Ruin iconlang|ru}} Sergey Rychkov, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817142952/http://gusi.yanao.ru/img/34/62_YM-1-2010.pdf "Сибирский соловей – тенор Пётр Словцов"] (The Siberian Nightingale - Tenor Pyotr Slovtsov), ''Ямальский меридиан'', 1 (265), 2010, pp. 76-81&nbsp;76–81

*{{Ru icon}}[http://next.feb-web.ru/test/pruzhan/abc/ Aron Proujanski. Native singer. 1750—1917: Dictionary. — Pub. 2nd . — Мoscow, 2008.]

*Marston Records, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090430110417/http://www.marstonrecords.com/slovtsov/slovtsov_liner.htm Liner Notes: Pyotr Ivanovich Slovtsov: Russian Tenor].[[United States|USA]].

*{{Ru icon}} Sergey Rychkov, [http://gusi.yanao.ru/img/34/62_YM-1-2010.pdf "Сибирский соловей – тенор Пётр Словцов"] (The Siberian Nightingale - Tenor Pyotr Slovtsov), ''Ямальский меридиан'', 1 (265), 2010, pp. 76-81

* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20101201071158/http://wyastone.co.uk/nrl/pvoce/7915c.html/ Note by Alan Bilgora. Treasures of the St. Petersburg State Museum]

*Marston Records, [http://www.marstonrecords.com/slovtsov/slovtsov_liner.htm Liner Notes: Pyotr Ivanovich Slovtsov: Russian Tenor].[[United States|USA]].

* [http://www.wyastone.co.uk/nrl/pvoce/7915c.html/ Note by Alan Bilgora. Treasures of the St. Petersburg State Museum]

* [[File:М.Куренко и П. Словцов. Дуэт Виолетты и Альфреда ("Травиата", Дж.Верди) 1913 г..ogg]] Mariya Kurenko and Pyotr Slovtsov. [[La traviata]]. The duet of Violetta Valéry and Alfredo Germont. 1913.

* [http://www.russian-records.com/details.php?image_id=7219 Vladimir's aria. Op. "Dubrovsky", record of 1929 accompanied by orchestra of the Bolshoi theatre]

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