Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya

Female, Deceased Person

1845 – 1919

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Who was Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya?

Yelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya was a Russian mezzo-soprano praised for her dramatic performances of operatic arias and her sensitive interpretations of lieder.

An acquaintance of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, she suggesed that he compose an opera based on Alexander Pushkin's verse-play Eugene Onegin. Tchaikovsky followed her suggestion; the result was the composer's finest opera.

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Born
1845
Education
  • Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Died
Feb 4, 1919
Saint Petersburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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