Leonid Yakovlev by Photography of Imperial Theatres in Mariinsky Theatre

Leonid Yakovlev as Escamillo 'Carmen" Bizet

LEONARD YAKOVLEV
Russian Baritone

1858-1919

Heard by Tchaikovsky and recommended to the director of the Marinsky Theatre at St Petersburg . Debut at the Marinsky Theatre in 1887 as "Faust" . Created Yeletsky "Queen of Spades" and the Demon in Rubinsteins 'Demon". Important singer at the Marinsky until vocal problems forced his retirement