Xenia Belmas, sopr. Lisas aria ( Pique Dame) cond. Alexander Kitchin, Berlin Polydor 1928

Belmas, Xenia, Sopran, 1889 Tschernigow (Ukraine), Durban (South Afrika) Conductor, husband Alexander Kitschin. Kitschin is a mystery. He made some recording as a sort of house conductor, accompanying his wife Xenia Belmas, and a handful of other singers. But this recording of Tshaikovsky s 5th, and an 1812 Overture from around the same time, are the only orchestral sides he made. He disappeared after that. Probably with Belmas to South Africa. These were done by German Polydor in 1928 and br, br,