In order to sing a song at the festive table, it is not necessary to learn vocals, put a voice, comprehend musical notation. This is known to every adequate person. Another thing is when an actor enters the stage to perform an aria from an opera or a classic romance. Special training is required here. Elena Vasilievna Obraztsova had a magnificent voice, which her nature awarded. And maybe the Lord. But even with such data, she had to study and rehearse a lot before going to the audience.
Return from Taganrog
Elena Obraztsova was born in the Northern capital. Two years before the Great Patriotic War. The child was born into the family of a talented engineer and production organizer. In the biography, it is noted that the father went to the front, and the household members lived in the besieged Leningrad until 1943. Then the Models were evacuated near Vologda, where they remained until the Victory. According to the memoirs of relatives and relatives, the girl already at the age of five showed amazing vocal abilities and absolute hearing.
It is important to note that the head of the family played the violin well and possessed velvet baritone. Love for music and singing arose from Elena from young nails. The girl was not yet ten years old when she begged her mother to enroll her in a children's choir. Then such groups acted in schools and homes of pioneers throughout the country. At the age of fifteen, Obraztsova first appeared as a soloist of the choir at the city reporting show of amateur performances. And at the same time, his father was transferred to work in the southern city of Taganrog.
Another characteristic touch - in those years, they were very attentive to children with the beginnings of talent. Elena already felt a taste for performing on stage and eagerly sang in the school choir and performed as a soloist. After receiving a certificate of maturity, she entered a local music school. It so happened that the director of the music school from Rostov-on-Don heard her singing. The following year, Obraztsova was admitted to the Rostov School of Music. It is interesting to note - immediately to the second year. And a year later, in August 1954, she successfully passed the tests and entered the Leningrad Conservatory.
