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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 Houses|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]], 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.

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[[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"]]

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).

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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==

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==Marriage==

[[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 (1915-19161915–1916), 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.

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?"

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==Sources==

{{Commons category|Category:Petr Slovtsov}}

* {{Ru icon}} Broadcast about Slovtsov[[File:П.И. Словцов радиопередача 2008 года.ogg]]

*[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 cullture. Moscow 2007. P. 3. Disk "Peter Slovtzov-the Siberian nightingale"]

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

*{{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 76–81

*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]