Aleksandrova-Kochetova, Aleksandra Dorimedontovna
(1833–1902)
Aleksandrova-Kochetova [Alyiksándruhvuh-Kóchituhvuh] (Kochetova), Aleksandra Dorimedontovna (10–1/13–1833, P.; 11–4/17–1902, M.). Singer and comp. Mother of N. Kochetov. A soloist at the Bolshoi Theater (1865–78), she was admired by P. Chaikovsky , Dargomyzhsky, and A. and N. Rubinshtein . Was one of the first to sing Glinka's music in Germany and received critical acclaim for her performance in Mendelssohn's Elijah at the Gewandhaus (1865). Taught at the M. Cons. from its founding in 1866…