Bogomir Korsov
Bogomir Bogomirovich Korsov, was a Russian baritone opera singer.
Korsov studied first at St. Petersburg College and then architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts, graduating in 1864. He studied singing in St. Petersburg with Luigi Piccioli and then in Milan with Giovanni Corsi. He made his debut at the Turin Theatre.
In 1869 he was accepted at the Imperial Opera in St Petersburg. During the same period, he sang periodically at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, and moved on to perform there regularly in 1882. Korsov left the opera stage in 1905.
Korsov's wife was a famous singer .
Among his roles were:
- Rigoletto in Rigoletto
- Iago in Otello
- Germont in La traviata
- Boris in Boris Godunov
- Peter in The Power of the Fiend
- The title role in Mazeppa
- Devil in Cherevichki
- Demon in The Demon
- Mizgir in The Snow Maiden
- created the title role in Aleko.