Ivan Petrov
Russian singer (1920-2003)

Ivan Petrov

Intro
Russian singer (1920-2003)
Awards Received
Stalin Prize
Order of Lenin
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Merited Artist of the RSFSR
Music

Ivan Ivanovich Petrov (Russian: Иван Иванович Петров; February 9, 1920 in Irkutsk ― December 26, 2003 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian bass opera singer. People's Artist of the USSR (1959).

Born Ivan Krauze (Краузе), the family took the name Petrov in 1936 after moving from Siberia to Moscow due to the suspicions of anyone with a German surname. He entered the Bolshoi Theatre in 1942 after three years with the Moscow Philharmonic spent traveling giving concerts for the troops. He continued singing until 1970 when diabetes began to affect his voice, then concentrated on teaching.

His repertoire included both Russian and Western works, which in Russia were also usually sung in Russian. He recorded for the conductors Kiril Kondrashin, Mark Ermler, Boris Khaykin, Mikhail Zhukov, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Samuil Samosud, Nikolai Golovanov and Vassili Nebolsin.