Yelizaveta Belogradskaya

Yelizaveta Osipovna Belogradskaya (1739 — ca. 1764 [?]) was a Russian Imperial Court opera singer.

She was born in St. Petersburg, the daughter of Osip Bilohradsky, a court singer and the niece of Timofiy Bilohradsky, a court lutenist. She was a kammermädchen at the court[1] of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna.

In 1753 she performed the part of Procris in Francesco Araja's opera "Cephalus and Procris", which was the first opera set in Russian,[2] with the text by Aleksandr Sumarokov. She sang in G.P. Raupach's "The Refuge of Virtue" and "Alcesta". Belogradskaya appeared at court concerts and festivities as a singer and harpsichord player.

She died in the 1760s and was interred at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

References

  1. ^ http://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804020236
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