Llpkovska Lydia
(*1887)> SOPRANO
Llpkovska Lydia (1887, Poltava, Russia; ?) was a lyric coloratura soprano who trained for an operatic career at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. She appeared in this city for the first time as Gilda at the Maryinsky Theatre during 1910, but she sang in other cities of Europe as early as 1909. She appeared frequently in Paris, where she was cast in the title-roles of Lakmé and Manon as well as in such parts as Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi in La Vie de Bohème, Rosine in Le Barbier de Séville…