Alexandra Čvanová, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexandra Čvanová

singer

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1897

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 20-May-1939

Profession: singer, opera singer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alexandra Cvanová (25 April 1897 - 20 May 1939) was an operatic soprano, the creator of roles in operas by Leoš Janácek and Pavel Haas. She was born in Odessa, where she studied music and drama, and sang in the opera house there.
In 1923, she moved to Czechoslovakia and in 1926 became a soloist at the National Theatre in Brno, initially under the surname Remislawská.
Her roles there included Jaroslavna in Prince Igor, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin and Lisa in The Queen of Spades, Krasava in Libuše and the title-roles in Jenufa and Rusalka.
In 1926, she created the role of Emilia Marty in Janácek's The Makropulos Affair and in 1938 the role of Amaranta in Haas's Šarlatán. She died in a car accident near Jihlava at the age of 42.