Нонна Суржина – оперна співачка та вокальний педагог
Nonna Surzhina – opera singer and vocal teacher

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the principles of work People's Artist of Ukraine and the USSR, laureate of the State premium named after T. Shevchenko, on the stages of the Kharkov Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after N. Lysenko, Dnepropetrovsk Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet then many opera houses in the world. Actress-singer has created a big gallery of opera images. Her partners were the famous singers from different country. The singer has collaborated with famous directors, conductors and impresario. N. Surzhina is actively working in the class of vocal pedagogy in Dnipropetrovsk Conservatory named after M. Glinka. On the example of one from the graduates of the class N. Surzhinoy – soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine I. Petrov researcher focuses a lot of methods and techniques of vocal for students in the process their sing. Nonna Surzhina performed a lot of music of different genres. Romances by S. Rahmaninov, M. Glinka, vocalizes a lot of different arias were presented from many concert scenes. Voice of the outstanding singer was recognized in many countries. Nonna Surzhinoy performing style was the epitome beauty, strength, bright emotionality, seething expression of the musical mind. The singer has been known as a bright chamber performer. There was a large chamber music repertoire. Compositions by Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian, Moldovan composers were performed at the philharmonic, drama theaters, museums, libraries, clubs of cultural and recreation. The singer often toured extensively. The concert’s geography was countries very much. Among them, we note Finland, France, Yugoslavia, Spain and other countries. The newspapers of the cities mentioned great range the singer's voice, soft timbre, great palette of touches, very virtuous articulation and unmatched melodiousness of her large voice. Singing is all the profession and all the life of Nonna Surzhinoy. The vocalist is not only great star of the academic opera and ballet theaters of Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov. She is an outstanding teacher for music college of Dnepropetrovsk and conservatoire after named by M. Glinka. There are young men and women in the class Nonna Surzhinoy at the conservatoire of the center of our country. Among them soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine Irina Petrova, soloist of the theatre of Music and Drama at the city of White Church Eugene Zamorsky, soloists for scene and choir of the academic opera and ballet theatre of Dnepropetrovsk, very many teachers of music schools, of music colleges, as well as many higher educational institutions of culture and arts of our considerable country, our Ukraine. Creativity process of Nonna Surzhinoy is a vocal phenomenon of the Ukrainian modern musical art. This phenomenon requires a fundamental study, deep research in the future. Methodology of teaching the vocal art is an important interest for the scientists. The repertoire of the great singer requires analysis as well. Education for a culture of speech, physical and psychological health of artists, their work on the different scenes in theatrical costumes, decorations, ensembles vocal should be approved as an important musical and pedagogical tones. The important period of her exertion work was associated with the Kharkov Opera and Ballet theatre. The singer has been begun to sing with the gigantic accomplishment in that theater in the years of study in Kharkov academy music after named M. Kotlyarevskiy. Her brilliant the role was the party of Carmen from opera Carmen by Bize. Nonna Surzhina has been sung that role with great success. Singer made bright artistic image of her heroine from that opera. Long time Nonna Surzhina sang this part in the Dnipropetrovsk Opera and Ballet theatre and also a lot other parties. Over the years her work in the Dnipropetrovsk conservatoire after named by M. Glinka Nonna Surzhina has been taught very mane disciplines as solo singing, concert and chamber singing, ensemble singing, a lot of theoretical subjects for students of this conservatoire. Long time this outstanding singer was head of the chair of the academic singing at the conservatoire. Her organizational work has been left the foundation for the development of chair of solo singing. The singer Nonna Surzhina has established practical famous and positive vocal school academic opera singing in our country.

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