Oscar Kamionsky sings Borodine and Tschaikovsky 1905

Oscar Kamionsky:
- Prince Igor, Igor's aria
- Eugene Onegin

Oscar Kamionsky (1869-1917) Baritone. Born in Kiev Kamionsky studied voice production in St. Petersburg with Camillo Everadi, who was a former pupil of Manuel Garcia the younger, the most noted teacher of the 19th century. He also studied with Dadeli and Paletchek before going to Italy where he completed his education with Rossi. He made his debut in Naples at the Teatro Bellini in 1892 and appeared in Kiev, Rostov and Tiflis (Tbilisi) singing a wide variety of roles including Renato in Ballo in Maschera, Figaro in Nozze di Figaro and Il Barbieri di Siviglia. He gained a huge reputation, especially in those contempory Russian operas then gaining popularity. His singing in the title role of Eugen Onegin and Kochubey in Mazeppa was considered outstanding. He was a member of a private company in St. Petersburg in 1904 and between 1905-08 and after 1913 he sang with Zimin's Company in Moscow. He gave up his theatrical career in 1915.

It was said that his singing was externalised and that he never really got into the heart of a role, nonetheless his studies with some of the finest teachers, combined with a considerable natural talent, ensured the development of a superb technique which gained for him the sobriquet of "The Russian Battistini". Since the Italian baritone was universally considered to be greatest of his era, this was praise indeed, and to Kamionky's enormous advantage when he became, for the last two years of his teacher of his rather short life, a much admired teacher. Oscar Kamionsky died in Yalta 15 August 1917.

The records: Igor's aria is difficult to characterise but Kamionsky's high baritone manages the varying moods well. He is also quite moving in Onegin's plea for Tatiana's forgiveness, regretting that he originally spurned her and is now married to another.

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