Sergej Petrovich Judin

26 June (8 July) 1889 Moscow – 5 July 1963 Moscow
1900 to 1906, Judin studied at a technical school in Moscow, then up to 1910, he studied painting and architecture with A. Vasnetsova, V. Serov and K. Korovin.

Simultaneously, starting in 1906, Judin studied voice with Ivan Alchevskyj and A. M. Donova. In 1913, he went to Italy for further studies.

1911 to 1914, and 1919 to 1941 he was a member of the Bolshoj in Moscow (debut on February 14th, 1911 as Bajan).

From 1914 to 1919, he was a member of the Zimin Opera (aka Theater of the Council of Delegated Workers after the revolution). In 1914/15, he made guest appearances in Kazan.

Judin possessed a sweet, light, high tenor voice, and excelled in such roles as Nadir, Lenskij, Bajan, the Simpleton, and Gérald.

His repertory included: Ryleev (Dekabristy/The Decembrists by V. Zolotarjov, world premiere in 1925), Pjotr Andreevich (Kapitanskaja dochka/The captain's daughter by Cui), Lenskij, Astrologer, Berendej, Gérald, Roméo, Fra Diavolo, Nadir, Shchukar (Podnjataja tselina by Dzerzhinskij), Bajan, Vladimir Igorevich, Vagoa, Simpleton, Sinodal, Indian Guest, Mozart, Vladimir Dubrovskij, Muri (Syn mandarina/The mandarin's son by Cui), Erekle (Izmena by Ippolitov-Ivanov), Faust, des Grieux (Manon), Léopold, Almaviva, Duca, Alfredo, Rodolfo, Canio, Lohengrin, Siébel, ...

His partners included: V. Barsova, G. A. Baklanov, L. Baklina, D. Golovin, I. V. Gryzunov, M. Gukova, K. G. Derzhinskaja, A. I. Dobrovolskaja, I. Dygas, E. Zhdanovskij, K. D. Zaporozhets, E. Katulskaja, Nina Koshetz, A.V. Nezhdanova, N. N. Ozerov, F. S. Petrov, V. N. Petrov-Zvantseva, G. S. Pirogov, L. F. Savranskij, N. I. Speranskij, N. O. Stepanov-Shevchenko, A. I. Khokhlov, F. I. Shaljapin, ...

Conductors he appeared with included: E. I. Bukke, E. A. Cooper, E. F. Nápravník, V. V. Nebolsin, F. V. Otsep, A. M. Pazovskij, E. E. Plotnikov, S. A. Samosud, G. Shejdler, M. Shtejman, F. Stiedry, ...

He began to teach singing with amateur associations in 1930. 1936–39, he taught at the amateur association club of railroad workers in Moscow. 1942–48, Judin was the leader and director of the Moscow mountains operatic studio, and from 1948 to 1963, he taught at the Moscow conservatory (professor in 1954).

His students included: Gutorovich, Mishevskij, Vladimir Petrov, Pishchaev, V. Popov, V. V. Rajtsev, A. Sakulin, I. M. Skobtsov, Timokhin, Timchenko, T. S. Judin, ... He was also the author of several books on singing.

Judin recorded for Pathé (1913), and Beka (1914).

Reference: slovari.yandex.ru (defunct)


Sergej Judin sings Les pêcheurs de perles: V sijanii nochi lunnoj
In RA format

Sergej Judin sings Majskaja noch: Spi, moja krasavitsa (Sleep, my beauty)
In RA format

Sergej Judin sings Rigoletto: Serdtsem krasavitsa

Sergej Judin sings Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola, in Russian
Discography

Most likely all recordings sung in Russian.

Pathé, Moscow 1913
21204 Manon (Massenet): Ah, fuyez				21204
21205 Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella			21205
21206 Dear little child, my pet (Grechaninov)			21206
21207 O Bozhe, kak gorosh (Amani)				21207
21208 Who will give me back? (Podgoretskij)/Son (Rachmaninoff)	21208
21209 Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland (Lassen)		21209
21210 Sadko (Rimskij-Korsakov): Ne schest almazov		21210
21212 Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): O Lola			21212
21213 Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile			21213

Beka, Moscow, about January 1914
186-c Evgenij Onegin (Chajkovskij): Kuda, kuda vy udalilis	R11095
193-c Majskaja noch (Rimskij-Korsakov): Spi, moja krasavitsa	R11102
194-c Les pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Je crois entendre encore	R11103
196-c Faust (Gounod): Salut, demeure		                R11105
197-c Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile			R11106
I wish to thank Vladimir Efimenko for the recordings (Cavalleria, Rigoletto).
I wish to thank the late Harold Byrnes for his help.

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