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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.

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.

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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 (Wagneropera)|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]] (1875–1963), [[Abram Markson]], [[Ariy Pazovsky]], etc.