Yevgeniya Mravina

12 October] 1914)[a 1] was a Russian lyric soprano, a half sister of revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai and the aunt of conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky.

Born in Saint Petersburg, Mravina studied there with Ippolit Pryanishnikov, then in Berlin with Désirée Artôt and in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi.

She made her debut in the role of Gilda in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto at Vittorio Veneto in August 1885[1] and was principal soloist at the Mariinsky Theater between 1886 and 1897.

Sazamov, the Alexandrinsky Theater's star actor, on issues of dramatic creativity, and took rhythm and dancing lessons from ballet dancer A.D.

[1] Her best-known parts included Antonida in Mikhail Glinka's opera A Life for the Tsar, Lyudmila in Glinka's Ruslan and Lyudmila, Tatyana in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin and Oxana in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve; the last named role was considered especially suited for Marvina's acting ability, tonal purity and musical intelligence.