In mid-April 1834, a girl was born in the Grigoriev family, who was christened Alexandra. No one suspected that in the future she would become one of the most talented actresses of the era, who gained fame under the name Alexandra Kolosova.
The girl grew up and was brought up in Moscow. From an early age, she had a love for art, read the plays of Ostrovsky and Moliere and tried on the roles of all kinds of book heroines.
Grigorieva Alexandra
Becoming an adult, a fair-haired beautiful girl who dreamed of conquering the stage since childhood, entered the Moscow Theater School, and this happened back in 1852. She was immediately accepted into the drama and opera troupe of the Maly Theater. The teachers at that time were S. P. Solovieva and V. I. Zhivokini. The talented girl loved the stage very much and devoted her whole life to it.
Kolosov Konstantin
The Maly Theater not only glorified Alexandra Kolosova, but also introduced her to her future husband, Konstantin Petrovich Kolosov. At that time he was a student of the St. Petersburg Theater School anddid ballet. The young man was very handsome, and this fact prompted the director to accept him into the drama troupe to play the roles of heroes-lovers. Thus Konstantin traded ballet for dramatic and vaudeville plays.
He tried for a long time to acquire the long-awaited success, did his best, trying to gain the love and recognition of the audience, but did not find much fame. However, in 1860 Kolosov was transferred to Moscow, where he tried himself as a performer of comic roles. His talent acquired large-scale dimensions, gave him fame and universal recognition. He, like no other, brilliantly played the role of Molchalin, and everyone considered him the best in this field.
Family of talents
At the Maly Theater, Alexandra met Konstantin, which soon grew into a serious relationship, and after that they got married. Alexandra Grigorieva became Alexandra Kolosova and with this name gained great popularity on stage.
Alexandra was good at dramatic roles, and her husband Konstantin - comic. In a family of talented parents, a daughter, Praskovya, was born. When the girl grows up, she will follow in the footsteps of her mother and father and become a rather famous actress of the Maly Theater Kolosova Praskovya Konstantinovna. She will work on her native stage for twenty years - from 1887 to 1907. Apparently, love for the stage and art tends to be inherited.
Alexandra's beautiful game
Kolosova Alexandra began her creative career with participation in musicaldance plays. Later, she will perfectly cope with a different repertoire - characters filled with dramatic and everyday experiences. The fullness of the acting gift of Alexandra opened with a wonderful game in various productions based on the plays of Molière and Ostrovsky. Alexandra Ivanovna was one of the first actresses who played in a large number of vaudeville and more serious plays.
The deep and strong play of actress Alexandra Ivanovna Kolosova in the production of "Mother and Daughter" made a huge impression on her contemporaries. Dramatic roles brought her tremendous success and revealed the depth of her talent. Touching, serious and tragic images successfully changed to comedy or everyday roles. Alexandra successfully reincarnated from the suffering Lisa ("Woe from Wit") into the eccentric and restless Katarina ("The Taming of the Shrew"). Although, it is worth noting that Alexandra preferred the everyday repertoire more than the melodramatic and foreign.
Her track record contains a huge number of roles played, where the heroines are absolutely opposite to each other:
- Marya Antonova from Gogol's comedy play "The Government Inspector";
- Alexandra Petrovna from the drama "Hard Days";
- Lizetta from the play "School of Husbands";
- Princess Eboli from Don Carlos.
Alexandra was the first performer of such roles as:
- Liza from Ostrovsky's play "Poverty is no vice";
- Ustinka ("Festive dream before dinner").
Conclusion
Alexandra Ivanovna successfully played the role of servants. Her amusing incarnation as some kind of living maid deserved the love and recognition of theater goers. One of Alexandra's last roles is a character in Molière's play Tartuffe. The girl played Dorina, a lively and restless maid.
November 4, 1867, a thirty-three-year-old woman died of unknown causes. Alexandra is known as one of the most talented artists of the 90th century. Unfortunately, her life turned out to be short, but Alexandra Kolosova's biography was bright and fruitful.
