This article delves into the lives and careers of two significant Russian singers: the bass Osip Petrov and his wife, the mezzo-soprano Anna Vorobyova, who created or inspired leading roles in operas by Glinka, Dargomïzhsky and Musorgsky. Over the course of a career that spanned some four decades, Petrov would become the most celebrated Russian bass of the nineteenth century; Vorobyova, whose career was cut short by a tragic accident, would turn her attention to the private sphere and incubate a younger generation of musicians. Drawing on reviews, memoirs and personal correspondence, I chart the influence of this couple not only on individual composers and operas, but also on the development of stock characters such as the father, the buffoon, the antihero and the trouser role.

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Osip Petrov、Anna Petrova-Vorobyova 和 19 世纪俄罗斯歌剧中低声角色类型的发展

本文深入探讨了两位重要的俄罗斯歌手的生活和职业生涯：贝斯奥西普·彼得罗夫和他的妻子、女中音安娜·沃罗比耶娃，他们在格林卡、达戈米日斯基和穆索尔斯基的歌剧中创造或启发了主角。在长达 40 年的职业生涯中，彼得罗夫成为 19 世纪最著名的俄罗斯贝斯手。Vorobyova 的职业生涯因一场悲惨的事故而中断，她将注意力转向私人领域，并孵化了年轻一代的音乐家。根据评论、回忆录和私人信件，我描绘了这对夫妇不仅对个别作曲家和歌剧的影响，而且还对父亲、小丑、反英雄和裤子角色等传统角色的发展产生了影响。