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2 unusual facts about Mark Ermler


Mark Ermler

His first conducting appearance at the Bolshoi Theatre was in a 1957 production of Cavalleria rusticana.

His other noted operatic engagements included conducting the first performances of Sergei Prokofiev's last opera, The Story of a Real Man.


Yevgeny Kibkalo

Kiblako notably sang Petruchio for Zdeněk Chalabala's recording of Shebalin's Taming of the Shrew in 1957, and the titular role, of legless pilot Alexey Maresyev, in the first (and only) recording of Prokofiev's Story of a Real Man conducted by Mark Ermler in 1961.

Yuri Mazurok

Among Mazurok's recordings are Eugene Onegin (with Galina Vishnevskaya and Vladimir Atlantov, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, 1970; then with Tamara Milashkina and Atlantov, led by Mark Ermler, 1979), and Il trovatore (opposite Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, and Stefania Toczyska, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, 1980).


see also

Tolib Shakhidi

He also has worked with conductors among which are Maxim Shostakovich, Dmitry Kitaenko, Charles Ansbacher, Mark Ermler, Sergey Skripka, Michael Terian, Dzhansug Kakhidze, Vladimir Kozhukhar, Valery Gergiev, Zakhid Khaknazarov, Eldar Azimov and Bijan Khadem-Missagh.