Elena Stepanova, the aria of Princess Swan from The Tale of Tsar Saltan ( Rimsky Korsakov) 1937

Thanks to musique0308 for this recording. Elena Andreyevna Stepanova (18911978), the outstanding Russian soprano, the People s Artist of the USSR, the star of the Bolshoi theater (19121924, 19271944). Was very successful as Gilda, Violetta, Rosina, the Snowmaid, Volkhova, Shemakhan Tsarina (from the Golden Cockerel). On stage she worked with Sobinov, Chaliapin, Nezhdanova, Lemeshev.