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Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (1880April 25, 1966) ((ロシア語: Мария Николаевна Кузнецова, also spelled Maria Kuznetsova-Benois), (ウクライナ語:Марія Миколаївна Кузнєцова)), was a famous 20th century opera singer and dancer first in the Russian Empire and then in emigration. Prior to the Revolution, Kuznetsova was one of the most celebrated opera singers in Imperial Russia, having worked with Richard Strauss, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Jules Massenet. She was frequently paired with Feodor Chaliapin. After leaving Russia in 1917, Kuznetsova continued to perform for another thirty years abroad before retiring.〔Grove, George and Blom, Eric. ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 879. St. Martin's Press, 1955.〕 ==Family== Kuznetsova was born in 1880, in Odessa, Ukraine, the daughter of portraitist Nikolai Kuznetsov.〔〔Salmina-Haskell, Larissa. ''Russian Paintings and Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum'', Pages 23-24. Published by Ashmolean Museum, 1989〕 Kuznetsova's mother was descended from a distinguished family of scientists and intellectuals of Romanian and Russo-Jewish descent.〔Shrayer, Maxim. ''An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature, Vol I'' M.E. Sharpe, Inc.: Armonk, NY, 2007〕 Her maternal grandmother, Emilia (Nevakhovich) Metchnikoff, was the daughter of Lev Nevakhovich (1776-1831), a Russo-Jewish author, translator, and founder of the Haskalah movement in Russia.〔〔Lederhendler, Eli. ''The Road to Modern Jewish Politics'' Oxford University Press: New York, 1989〕 Emilia married a Guards officer, Ilya Metchnikoff, and had two sons; the Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist Élie Metchnikoff and the sociologist Lev Metchnikoff.〔 Kuznetsova's great-uncles Mikhail and Aleksandr Nevakhovich also had successful careers. Mikhail was a cartoonist and founder of Russia's first satirical magazine, ''Mish-Mash'' (''Eralash'').〔 Aleksandr was a playwright and served as repertory director of Imperial Theaters in Saint Petersburg during the reign of Nicholas I.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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