From Vladikavkaz to the Metropolitan Opera: the fate of Pavel Lisitsian Pavel Lisitsian was born on November 6, 1911 in Vladikavkaz to the Armenian family of the businessman Grasim Lisitsian. Despite the fact that his father was engaged in industrial business, the Lisician family was full of music. His mother, father and older sister sang in the choir of the Armenian church, and Pavel himself participated in home musical evenings from an early age. The future singer studied cello and piano, performed in a church choir, and from childhood absorbed the rich musical traditions of the Armenian community. However, the road to the big stage was far from straight. After graduating from school, fifteen-year-old Pavel left his parents' home and worked for several years in prospecting and geological drilling parties in the Caucasus. He was a driller's apprentice, working in mines and construction sites, but even in these years he was not separated from music, performing in amateur bands and folk choirs. It was then that his talent was noticed, which allowed the young man to receive a referral to study in Leningrad. In 1930 Lisician arrived in Leningrad, where he worked at the Baltic factory, and at the same time took his first steps in professional art. He studied singing, was a principal at the Bolshoi Drama Theater, and then entered the music school at the Conservatory. Already in the mid-1930s, the young singer became a soloist of the Leningrad Mali Opera Theater, and then appeared on the stage of the Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theater. During the Great Patriotic War, Lisician did not leave the stage, turning it into a weapon of frontal support. He performed for the Red Army soldiers, in hospitals and evacuation centers, and gave more than five hundred concerts. For courage and dedication he was awarded military medals, including "for bravery". The main page of his creative biography was the Bolshoi Theater of the Soviet Union, where he was a soloist from 1940 to 1966.

From Vladikavkaz to the Metropolitan Opera: the fate of Pavel Lisitsian Pavel Lisitsian was born on November 6, 1911 in Vladikavkaz to the Armenian family of the businessman Grasim Lisitsian. Despite the fact that his father was engaged in industrial business, the Lisician family was full of music. His mother, father and older sister sang in the choir of the Armenian church, and Pavel himself participated in home musical evenings from an early age. The future singer studied cello and piano, performed in a church choir, and from childhood absorbed the rich musical traditions of the Armenian community. However, the road to the big stage was far from straight. After graduating from school, fifteen-year-old Pavel left his parents' home and worked for several years in prospecting and geological drilling parties in the Caucasus. He was a driller's apprentice, working in mines and construction sites, but even in these years he was not separated from music, performing in amateur bands and folk choirs. It was then that his talent was noticed, which allowed the young man to receive a referral to study in Leningrad. In 1930 Lisician arrived in Leningrad, where he worked at the Baltic factory, and at the same time took his first steps in professional art. He studied singing, was a principal at the Bolshoi Drama Theater, and then entered the music school at the Conservatory. Already in the mid-1930s, the young singer became a soloist of the Leningrad Mali Opera Theater, and then appeared on the stage of the Yerevan Opera and Ballet Theater. During the Great Patriotic War, Lisician did not leave the stage, turning it into a weapon of frontal support. He performed for the Red Army soldiers, in hospitals and evacuation centers, and gave more than five hundred concerts. For courage and dedication he was awarded military medals, including "for bravery". The main page of his creative biography was the Bolshoi Theater of the Soviet Union, where he was a soloist from 1940 to 1966.