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Ol'ga NápravníkOl'ga Eduardovna Nápravník (Ольга Эдвардовна Направник) was a Russian contralto, born Ol'ga Schröder (Шредер) in 1839. While working as an opera artist with the Imperial Theatres, she married her husband, the conductor Eduard Nápravník, in the late 1860s, and had three children: Vladimir (1869–1948), Ol'ga (1870–1920) and Varvara (1873–1942). Tchaikovsky was on friendly terms with the whole Nápravník family, and often visited and corresponded with them. Ol'ga Nápravník died in 1916. |