Smirnov akava nhengo yekambani yeBolshoi muMoscow, achiimba ikoko kubva muna 1904 kusvika muna 1910.
Chokwadika, shanduro yakaoma zvikuru yemutsara wacho ndeiyi "Smirnov akava mutezo wekambani yeBolshoi muMoscow, kubva muna 1904 kusvika muna 1910, uye ipapo weImperial Opera, St. Petersburg, kubva muna 1910 kusvika muna 1917".