Serova, Valentina Semyonovna
(1846–1924)
Serova [Siróvuh] (née Bergman), Valentina Semyonovna (1846, M.; 7–?–1924, same). Wife of Serov; mother of the famous painter Valentin Serov (1865–1911). Studied at the P. Cons. with A. Rubinshtein . Is best known for completing her husband's last opera, Hostile Power, with N. Solov'yov and for writing the first operas by a female Russian composer. Also publ. a volume of memoirs, A. N. Serov (P., 1914). Works: Sort by:DefaultTitleDateAscendingDescending op.: Uriel' Akosta (1885), Il'ya Muromets…