Yefrosyniya Zarnytska | |
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Born | Yefrosyniya Azguridi 2 April 1867 Odessa, Russian Empire |
Died | 30 June 1936 Pervomaisk, Ukrainian SSR | (aged 69)
Occupation | actress |
Yefrosyniya Zarnytska, ( Ukrainian: Єфросинія Зарницька) real name Yefrosyniya Azguridi ( Ukrainian: Єфросинія Азгуріді) (4 (16) February 1867 – 30 June 1936) was a Ukrainian theater actress and singer. [1]
Yefrosynia Azguridi was born on 4 (16) February 1867 in Odesa. [2] Her father Philip Azguridi was Greek merchant owning a tobacco factory, her mother Kaolina Klodnytska was from the Polish nobility. [3] Azguridi spent her childhood and adolescence in the family estate in the village of Katerinka in Kherson province. [4] In 1886, Azguiridi graduated from the Odesa Music School of the Society of Fine Arts under the director Baron Kaulbarsi. [5]
In the summer of 1888, Azguiridi got acquainted with Marko Kropyvnytskyi who was looking for talent for his new troupe. [6] Kropyvnytsky offered Azguiridi a job as a professional actress in the lead roles in his troupe. [3] In 1888, Azguiridi became her stage career under the stage name Yefrosyniya Zarnytska in the newly formed troupe of Kropyvnytsky in Katerynoslav. [4] Zarnytska performed in the troupe of Kropyvnytsky until 1893. [7]
From September 1893 to September 1894 Zarnytska was the leading actress of the Heorhii Derkach troupe. [3] During this time, she performed in Paris, Marseille, and Bordeaux with Derkach troupe. [5] In 1894–1909, Zarnytska played in the troupes of Onysym Suslov and Oleksii Sukhodolsky. [3]
In 1910, Zarnytska made a record of Ukrainian songs in "Zonophone" company. [7]
From 1914 to 1924, Zarnytska lived in Petrograd, where she performed in Ukrainian performances and was involved in the organization and opening in 1919 of the Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko Theater. [6]
In 1924, Zarnytska returned to Ukraine and organized a theater in Katerynka village of the Pervomaisky district of the Nikolaev region. [4]
Since 1926, Zarnytska was an actress at the Kharkiv State Drama Theater and the Kharkiv National Theater. [3] In 1931, she left the stage and settled in Pervomaisk. [5]
Yefrosyniya Zarnytska died on 30 June 1936 in Pervomaisk. [8]
In Pervomaisk, the lane and the city Center of Culture and Leisure are named after Zarnytska. A memorial plaque has been erected on the facade of the building housing the Center. In 2020, a literary and musical composition "Artistic Soul" dedicated to Zarnytska was presented in the interactive museum of the Mykolaiv Ukrainian Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy. [9]