Mikhail Sariotti [SEP] voice type
Mikhail Sariotti
Mikhail Sariotti (; 1839 (or 1830, or 1831), near of Vyborg (near Saint Petersburg) - January 30 (February 11) 1878, Saint Petersburg) was a famous Russian opera singer (bass-baritone) and music critic.
He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Imperial troupe.
Childhood.
He was an illegitimate son of an influential family and he was given for adoption. 
When he grew up he went to Saint Petersburg to study medicine.
Music career.
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Mikhail Sariotti worked as a vocalist on the stage and simultaneously he did a lot of musicological work. He wrote many articles about Opera performances. He wrote an important article about the opera "Boris Godunov" in 1874 (he played himself "Police Officer Nikitich"). He wrote articles about the works of different composers and singers: Richard Wagner, Angelo Masini, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky etc. Mikhail Sariotti headed in the 1870s the Music department of the magazine "Vsemirnaya Illyustratsiya".
He served in