Maria Slavina by Photography of Imperial Theatres in Mariinsky Theatre

as Manon "Manon" Massenet

MARIA SLAVINA
1858–1951),
Russian Mezzo Soprano

Operatic mezzo-soprano and teacher;known after her marriage as Baroness Mariia Aleksandrovna Medem.

Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in 1879-1917 (debut in Amneris). The first performer of Hanna in "the may night" by Rimsky-Korsakov (1880), Princess in "Sorceress" by Tchaikovsky (1887), Countess in 'Queen of Spades" Tchaikovsky ,Clytemnestra in 'Oresteia" Taneyev , First performe on the Russian stage as Carmen 1885 , Fricke in 'Valkyrie" 1900 , Clytemnestra in 'Electra" . Among her best roles Olga 'Eugene Onegin" , Seibel in 'Faust" , Fides in "The Prophet"