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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 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]], 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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==Marriage==

[[File:Маргарита Николаевна Риоли и Словцов.jpg|thumb|right|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 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:Gorkogo-11.jpg|thumb|11 Gorky St. Where the National Conservatory was in 1920]]