Nina Koshetz [SEP] voice type
Nina Koshetz
Nina Koshetz (; ; née Poray-Koshetz (); 30 December 1891 – 14 May 1965) was a Russian-Ukrainian, later American opera soprano, recital singer and actress. The niece of Oleksandr Koshytsa.
Early life and career.
Nina Koshetz was born in Kyiv, then moved to Moscow and became an opera singer. Her father, opera singer Pavel Koshetz (; ru: Павел Алексеевич Кошиц; 1863 - 2 March 1904), committed suicide in 1904, when Nina was 12 years old
Americas. Then he returned to Russia and worked in different cities.
In 1893 Pavel Koshetz was invited at the Bolshoi Theatre. He became a performer for more than 30 operatic roles.
Gradually, the singer began to lose his voice. Theater administration moved him to the teaching work, but in 1904 he was fired. It became for him a huge psychological blow. Pavel Koshetz committed suicide March 2, 1904.
His daughter Nina was at this time 12 years. She decided to become an opera singer.