Portrait of Alexandra Krutikova as Spring Beauty in N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Snow Maiden”

ALEXANDRA PAVLOVNA KRUTIKOVA (1851–1919) Singer (contralto), the Bolshoi Theatre soloist in 1880–1901 She performed the parts of Vanya — “A Life for the Tsar”, Ratmir — “Ruslan and Ludmila”, Marina Mniszech — “Boris Godunov”, the Countess — “The Queen of Spades”, Spring — “The Snow Maiden”, Amneris — “Aida”, Ortruda — “Lohengrin”, Catherine de Medici — “The Huguenots”, etc.