Smirnov ya zama memba na kamfanin Bolshoi a Moscow, yana raira waƙa a can daga 1904 zuwa 1910.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shine "Smirnov ya zama memba na kamfanin Bolshoi a Moscow, daga 1904 zuwa 1910, sannan kuma na Opera na Imperial, St. Petersburg, daga 1910 zuwa 1917. "