Andrey Labinsky

He possessed an even, flexible voice with a pleasant, soft timbre and a wide range (going up to F in the third octave).

His finest roles included Lensky, Herman, Almaviva, Faust, Don José, Raoul, Bayan, Lykov, Sadko, Radames, Lohengrin, and Luciano in the opera Francesca da Rimini by Eduard Nápravník.

He enjoyed unusual popularity, especially among female opera fans, who were nicknamed "Labinistki" and followed the singer on his tours across Russia.

According to the Russian Musical Gazette of 1905, front-row tickets for his chamber concerts with the bass Kastorsky cost ten roubles (a great deal of money for the time).

The same issue of the newspaper reported a tragicomic incident at one of concerts: the furious husband of one of the Labinistki shot at Labinsky, but he missed.