Boris Khaikin

Soviet-Russian Conductor and Opera Specialist

Soviet conductor, and teacher. People's Artist of USSR (1972). Born: October 26 (October 13 O.S.), 1904, Minsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) Died: May 10, 1978, Moscow, USSR Conductor of: Stanislavski And Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (1928-35) Ленинградский малый оперный театр (Михайловский театр) / Leningrad Maly Opera Theater (now Mikhailovsky Theatre) (1936-43) Ленинградский театр оперы и балета им. С. М. Кирова (Мариинский театр) / Kirov Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theatre (now Mariinsky) (1943-54) Большой театр / The Bolshoi Theatre (1954-78)