Born: 1 April 1868, Lithuania
Died: 4 July 1913
Country most active: Russia
Also known as: Надежда Ивановна Забела-Врубель
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
An outstanding opera and concert singer of the late nineties and the beginning of the present century.
Creator of many of the leading roles in the Rimsky-Korsakof’s operas as well as in the operas of the other Russian composers. All her theatre costumes were made from the sketches of her husband, the celebrated Russian artist Mr. M. A. Vinbel.