Cora biography

From the church choir to the scene of Mariinsky 2. The artist of the Bolshoi Theater and Great Trud. 3. Antarova and Stanislavsky 4. The Theosof writer for more than twenty years Antarova’s leading singer of the Bolshoi Theater, and having finished his opera career, was carried away by philosophy and wrote a treatise “Two Life”. From the church choir to the stage of Mariinsky Concordia Antarov was born in Warsaw.

At the age of 14, the girl remained a round orphan. She had to earn a living herself to finish the gymnasium. In this difficult situation, the girl decides to go to the monastery. It was here, in the church choir, that Kora discovered her singing talent. Her future student Marina Strizhenova writes in her memoirs: "Even then, her voice stood out from the choir - Antarov came to listen on purpose." A few years later, the girl thinks about becoming a singer.

Girlfriends in the gymnasium collect a hundred rubles for the cortex, and she goes to Petersburg to develop her abilities. Having stood a large competition, the girl becomes a listener of the Bestuzhevsk higher courses. She has to work hard again to pay for her studies.

Such, obviously, was the origin of a serious illness that tormented the singer all her life - bronchial asthma. But the love of music and the theater overcame everything, helped courageously continue the struggle. " The commission for listening to the singers is headed by the director of the imperial theaters Vladimir Taljakovsky and conductor Eduard Rynnik. Of the applicants, it is Kora Antarov’s Kora, and the next year of her life is dedicated to work in the Mariinsky Theater.

The artist of the Bolshoi Theater and Great Work “She always had a wonderful voice, outstanding musicality and artistic data, which gave her the opportunity to take one of the first places in the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater. I was a witness to the continuous artistic growth of the artist, her conscious work on the voice of the original beautiful timbre and a wide range rich by nature.

” Leonid Sobinov, an opera singer in the year Kora Antarov is invited to the Bolshoi Theater - the main scene of her life, on which the singer will perform for almost 30 years. Almost immediately, she was entrusted with the entire repertoire for counterattack. She performs many parties in different operas, sometimes several at once - both male and female.

The troupe of the Bolshoi Theater totaled a lot of artists, but it was impossible to replace the bark with Antarov with her unique voice. The singer not only worked in the theater, but also gave solo chamber concerts. Cora performed European romances in its own translation. Stanislavsky all his life sought to improve his system. His craving for knowledge was transferred to his disciples.

Antarova painstakingly stenured all classes with a theater director. Later, in the year, she published the book “The Conversations of K. Stanislavsky in the studio of the Bolshoi Theater of the Years”, which was repeatedly reprinted and was translated into several languages. In the year, Antarova left the theater forever: asthma did not allow her to work on stage. She became a teacher.

To preserve the artistic ideas of his mentor, in the year the bark opens the cabinet of Stanislavsky under the All -Union theater society. In this association, the actors read reports and collected materials about the director’s work. In addition to “Stanislavsky’s conversations”, Antarova’s bark wrote the book “Work on the Werther opera”, which was based on the recordings of rehearsals.

The Theosophist writer in the years Antarova lived in Moscow and continued to write books. In the novel “Two Life”, she shared her vision of Indian philosophy. From her point of view, much more mental strength is required to solve everyday life than for the commission of one heroic act in life. Roman Kora Antarova did not plan to publish - her close friends were the first readers.

However, the book was released in the year and became popular among fans of esoteric literature.